A Geary County native, Michelle Munson, will deliver the commencement address for the College of Arts and Sciences at Kansas State University today ( Saturday ).
The University announced that Munson, a KSU alum who earned a Goldwater Scholarship while an undergraduate at K-State, will speak during the College of Arts and Sciences ceremony at 8:30 a.m. in Bramlage Coliseum.
Munson is the co-founder and CEO of Eluvio, a software startup company. She is the daughter of Charles and Deanna Munson of Geary County.
The commencement ceremony schedule for the remaining colleges on the Manhattan campus include:
–The College of Architecture, Planning & Design ceremony will be at 10 a.m. in McCain Auditorium. Retired KSU football coach Bill Snyder wll serve as the speaker.
–The College of Education will hold commencement at 11 a.m. in Bramlage Coliseum, with State Department of Education 2019 Horizon Award serving as the speaker. He is also a former Wildcat quarterback.
–The College of Business Administration at 12:30 p.m. at Bramlage Coliseum where the chairman and CEO of Wingstop Inc., Charlie Morrison, will serve as the speaker.
–The College of Agriculture at 2:30 p.m. in Bramlage Coliseum where the founder and CEO of City Barbeque, Rick Malir will deliver commencement remarks.
–College of Human Ecology at 4:30 p.m. in Bramlage Coliseum. The general manager of specialty chemicals for Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP, Venki Chandrashekar, will be the commencement speaker.
–The Carl R. Ice College of Engineering will be at 6:30 p.m. in Bramlage Coliseum. A retired vice president of ExxonMobile, Wayne Harms, will be the speaker.
Graduate School degrees were awarded on Friday.
A live webcast of the ceremonies will be available at k-state.edu/graduation/. A virtual commencement ceremony for the nearly 360 students earning their degrees through distance education is available at dce.k-state.edu/students/