Fall Commencement Ceremonies to Celebrate 1,007 Graduates

CSU is set to hold five graduation-related ceremonies on December 12 and 13 that will celebrate the 1,007 Columbus State University students comprising its Fall 2024 graduating class. The festivities will include three ceremonies throughout the day on Friday, marking the university’s 128th commencement exercises. These events, all hosted on the university’s Main Campus, include the following:

Thursday, December. 12

1:00 p.m., ROTC Commissioning Ceremony, Cunningham Conference Center

6:00 p.m., Graduate Hooding Ceremony, Frank G. Lumpkin Jr. Center

Friday, Dec. 13

9:00 a.m., College of the Arts and D. Abbott Turner College of Business & Technology Commencement Ceremony, Frank G. Lumpkin Jr. Center

12:30 p.m., College of Letters & Sciences Commencement Ceremony, Frank G. Lumpkin Jr. Center

4:00 p.m., College of Education & Health Professions Commencement Ceremony, Frank G. Lumpkin Jr. Center

Thursday night's graduate hooding ceremony will include Turner College MBA and MSOL graduates along with students receiving master's degrees from the TSYS School of Computer Science. Each of Friday’s ceremonies will feature Scott Ressmeyer, a local business owner, the Ride for Miracles founder and an honorary CSU alumnus, as the university’s commencement speaker. Since 2020, Ressmeyer and his motorcycle-riding fundraising organization have logged roughly 25,000 miles throughout the United States and raised more than $600,000 on the university’s behalf. Their efforts to fund three separate pediatric nursing simulation labs in the School of Nursing are fulfilling its children’s healthcare and services mission, and its $1 million commitment to enhancing pediatric nursing education at CSU.

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