Alumnus and director of NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center Todd May will be the guest speaker at the summer graduation ceremonies Saturday, August 6, according to a University release.
May will speak at the 10 a.m. ceremony for the College of Architecture, Design and Construction; Samuel Ginn College of Engineering; School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences; College of Liberal Arts; College of Sciences and Mathematics; and University College, the release states, and again at a 2 p.m.ceremony for the College of Agriculture; Raymond J. Harbert College of Business; College of Education; College of Human Sciences; and School of Nursing.
May, a 1990 graduate in materials engineering, joined NASA in 1991 and was appointed to his current position with NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in February. He was named the Distinguished Auburn Engineer in 2012.
Approximately 1,221 new graduates will receive degrees at the ceremonies.
Auburn will award 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.
The ceremonies will be streamed online at http://www.auburn.edu/
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