Winthrop graduation ceremonies are set for this weekend. What to know.
Hundreds of undergraduate students and their families will descend on Rock Hill to celebrate Winthrop University’s commencement on Saturday.
The event will be supervised by interim president George Hynd and will mark one of the last duties of Hynd’s two-plus-year tenure at the Rock Hill university before incoming permanent University President Edward Serna arrives later this summer.
By the weekend’s end, there will have been three commencements:
▪ One on Thursday to nearly 230 graduate degree candidates
▪ One on Saturday at 10 a.m. (College of Arts and Sciences and College of Visual and Performing Arts undergraduate candidates)
▪ One at 3 p.m. Saturday (College of Business Administration and Richard W. Riley College of Education undergraduate candidates)
Heavy traffic is expected on Eden Terrace and other roads on Saturday near the Winthrop Coliseum, which is where Winthrop’s graduation ceremony will be held and has been held for years.
Winthrop’s commencement speaker on Saturday will be Jermaine Whirl, who graduated from Winthrop 2006 and who now serves as president of Augusta Technical College in Georgia.
Per a release from the university, for those who cannot attend the May 5 and May 7 ceremonies, they will be available for viewing via live stream on YouTube.
Check www.winthrop.edu for more information.
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