Tennessee Tech to celebrate more than 1,000 graduates at fall 2024 commencement on Dec. 13
Tennessee Tech College of Education & Human Sciences graduate Campbell Lester celebrates
at the university’s spring 2024 commencement ceremonies.
More than 1,000 Tennessee Tech University students will enter the ranks of the university’s
newest alumni at fall commencement, held across two ceremonies on Friday, Dec. 13
in the Hooper Eblen Center.
The morning ceremony starts at 9:00 a.m. and will include the College of Agriculture
and Human Ecology, the College of Business, the College of Engineering and the College
of Fine Arts.
The afternoon ceremony, which starts at 2:00 p.m., will include the College of Arts
and Sciences, the College of Education & Human Sciences, the College of Emerging and
Integrative Studies and the Whitson-Hester School of Nursing.
Students from the College of Graduate Studies will be seated at both ceremonies based
on their field of study.
Fall 2024 graduates encompass students from 74 counties throughout Tennessee, 21 states
and 15 other countries. Those earning undergraduate degrees represent 46 fields of
study, and those receiving graduate degrees represent 31 fields of study.
The birth dates of students from the class of 2024 range from 1951 to 2004, proof
that an education at Tech can be for everyone, regardless of age.
Professor Emeritus Francis Otuonye will serve as official macebearer for both ceremonies.
Otuonye previously served as associate vice president for research and professor of
civil and environmental engineering. He retired from the university in 2023 after
more than 20 years of service.
The fall commencement ceremonies will also feature several pre-recorded messages from
prominent Golden Eagles, including Kelsey Hewitt, Tech Student Government Association
president, Tyler and Anna Dunn, Tech alumni and owners of the Cookeville-based Soul
Craft Coffee, and Ashraf Islam, the winner of Tech’s 2024 Distinguished Alumnus award
and the namesake for the university’s new Ashraf Islam Engineering Building.
Tech will additionally recognize seven students who will be commissioned to serve
in the armed forces: Lyons J. Canino. Thomas M. Courtney, Herbert S. Cupp, Michael
E. Lumsdaine, Brian N. Nelms, Jason A. Perricone and Kassie D. Welden-Allbert.
To watch the live stream of the commencement ceremonies, visit www.tntech.edu/commencement.
Tennessee Tech is ranked as a “Best National University” by U.S. News & World Report.
The university offers more than 225 programs of study, and Tech grads leave with the
least debt of all public universities in the state. Based on total cost and alumni
earnings, Tech provides students with the highest return on investment for any public
university in Tennessee, according to PayScale. Find out more at www.tntech.edu.