Stephen L. Rains, president and CEO of Progressive Savings Bank and the Rains Agency in Jamestown, will address more than 700 December graduates at the university’s fall commencement at 10 a.m. on Dec. 15 in Hooper Eblen Center.

Rains graduated magna cum laude in English from TTU in 1985. During his years here, he served as the student government association president and received the university's most prestigious student award — the Derryberry Award — which is given annually to a graduating senior who has shown scholastic ability, participation in campus activities, citizenship, leadership and excellence in sports. FULL STORY