Commencement Spring 2011

REHEARSAL – ALL CANDIDATES

DATE:              Friday, May 13, 2011

TIME:               8:30 a.m.

LOCATION:   William “Billy” J. Nicks, Sr. Health and Physical Education Building

                        Prairie View, Texas

Commencement Ceremonies

DATE:              Saturday, May 14, 2011

TIME:               9:00 a.m.

LOCATION:   William “Billy” J. Nicks, Sr. Health and Physical Education Building

                        Prairie View, Texas

*Ceremony for Marvin D. and June Samuel Brailsford College of Arts and Sciences, College of Business, Whitlowe R. Green College of Education and Roy G. Perry College of Engineering

DATE:              Saturday, May 14, 2011

TIME:               1:00 p.m.

LOCATION:   William “Billy” J. Nicks, Sr. Health and Physical Education Building

                        Prairie View, Texas

*Ceremony for Graduate School, College of Agriculture and Human Sciences, School of Architecture, College of Juvenile Justice and Psychology and College of Nursing

Photography

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Commencement Speaker

Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst

State of Texas

A native Texan, proud military veteran, successful businessman and rancher, David Dewhurst has served as Lieutenant Governor and President of the Texas Senate since 2003. Through four regular sessions and seven special sessions of the Texas Legislature, Dewhurst has championed legislation to create new jobs, expand economic opportunity, improve public and higher education, and ensure public safety.

In 1998, Dewhurst became the first Republican since Reconstruction to be elected Texas Land Commissioner. He reduced the workforce and budget at the Texas General Land Office and turned back money to Texas taxpayers each of two biennia.

Dewhurst has been a longtime community leader in his hometown of Houston, where he has served on numerous civic and charitable boards. A college basketball player at the University of Arizona and champion cutting-horse rider, Dewhurst was inducted into the Texas Rodeo Cowboy Hall of Fame in 2009. He lives in Houston with his wife, Tricia, and their young daughter, Carolyn.