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Fall 2025 Turner College Commencement Scheduled for December 12

The Turner College's Fall 2025 graduation ceremony is set for Friday, December 12, at 9:00 am in the Lumpkin Center on CSU's main campus. This will be CSU's 130th commencement exercise, and it will spotlight young alumnus and Columbus native Curtis Walker, who will address graduates on resilience and timing. Walker is a 2022 political science graduate, a two-term Student Government Association president, and a current Mercer University School of Law student. This fall’s ceremonies will be Dustin Anderson’s first as Provost and Chief Academic Officer since his appointment in July 2025, and Undrell Walker’s first as President of the Student Government Association. It will be the last for Gina Sheeks, who is retiring in December after a 32-year CSU career—including the past 18 years as Vice President for Student Affairs, and Deborah Kidder, who is stepping down as Dean of the Turner College. This fall’s 1,060 graduates include 104 students representing the College of the Arts, 229 from the Turner College, 375 from the College of Education & Health Professions, and 352 from the College of Letters & Sciences. The 1,060 graduates will receive a total of 1,078 degrees and certificates, including 16 doctoral degrees, 30 education specialist degrees, 352 master’s degrees, 11 graduate certificates, 501 bachelor’s degrees, 21 associate degrees, 19 nexus degrees and 128 undergraduate certificates. When grouping all undergraduate and graduate degrees and certificates into their respective areas of study, the top five areas of study are education, public safety, nursing, business, and cybersecurity. As many as 61% of this fall’s graduating class identify as first-generation college students. The average age of the Fall 2025 class is 31.8 years. Its “most senior” graduate is 68-year-old David Cottrell, graduating cum laude with a bachelor of business administration. Its youngest is 19-year-old Jordan Currie, receiving a cybersecurity practitioner certificate. More than 80% of the fall’s class hail from Georgia—representing 111 of Georgia’s 159 counties. After Muscogee County, the top five Georgia counties with the greatest number of graduates are, in order of total graduates, Harris, Gwinnett, Fulton, DeKalb and Henry counties. The remaining graduates represent 19 other U.S. states and territories, with Alabama topping that list, based on the total graduates hailing from those states. More than 2% of this fall’s graduating class hail from outside the United States. Active-duty soldiers and veterans comprise more than 14% of the fall graduating class. Lastly, among the faculty marshals is Armando Fernandez, a cybersecurity lecturer in the TSYS School.





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