More than 1,200 students were awarded degrees Saturday, Aug. 6, at the 2016 summer commencement ceremonies.
"Life is almost certainly going to take you some unexpected places," said Commencement Speaker Todd May. "There's no Google app yet for living life. There's just Pokemon Go and a whole lot of people crashing into stuff."
May, a 1990 Auburn alumnus and director of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, spoke at the 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. ceremonies.
"There is no reason to leave the Auburn Creed, which is written on the back of your program, behind when you get off this stage," May said, noting that he keeps a copy of the Creed on his bathroom mirror. "Carry its spirit with you. The family and the community will walk with you."
Among the graduates was former linebacker Takeo Spikes, graduating 18 years after he left Auburn for the NFL.
Spikes received a liberal arts degree.
Auburn awarded 112 doctoral degrees, 334 master's degrees, 14 educational specialist degrees and 760 bachelor's degrees.
The bachelor's degrees by college and school are: College of Liberal Arts, 155; Harbert College of Business, 151; Samuel Ginn College of Engineering, 93; College of Human Sciences, 93; School of Nursing, 67; College of Education, 66; College of Architecture, Design and Construction, 46; College of Sciences and Mathematics, 40; College of Agriculture, 23; School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences, 10; University College, 16; and Harrison School of Pharmacy, one.
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