About 2,100 students are eligible to participate in the 111th spring commencement ceremonies Friday and Saturday, May 15-16, at Wichita State University.

Ceremonies will be held in Charles Koch Arena.

Undergraduate and graduate degrees will be conferred in individual college ceremonies.

Fairmount College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
About 840 liberal arts and sciences students are eligible to participate in commencement exercises at 3 p.m. Friday, May 15.

Jarold (Jerry) Boettcher will represent the Kansas Board of Regents. The commencement speaker will be Anita Cochran, former TV news anchor.

College of Health Professions
About 285 health professions students are eligible to participate in commencement at 7 p.m. Friday, May 15.

Jarold (Jerry) Boettcher will represent the Kansas Board of Regents.The commencement speaker will be Pamela Clancy Ammar, member of the Wichita State University Foundation board of directors and chair of the College of Health Professions Dean’s Advisory Committee.

W. Frank Barton School of Business
Almost 400 business students are expected to complete their degrees this spring or summer. The commencement ceremony will be held at 8 a.m. Saturday, May 16.

Jarold (Jerry) Boettcher will represent the Kansas Board of Regents. The commencement speaker will be Collin G. Stieben, senior vice president of commercial banking at Commerce Bank in Wichita.

College of Education
About 315 education students are eligible to graduate in a ceremony at 11 a.m. Saturday, May 16.

Jill Docking will represent the Kansas Board of Regents. The speaker will be Nick Taylor, two-time Paralympics gold medalist in tennis, director of a women’s professional tennis tournament and part of the USTA pro circuit.

College of Engineering
About 200 engineering students are eligible to graduate in a ceremony at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 16.

Jill Docking will represent the Kansas Board of Regents. The commencement speaker will be Wolter Fabrycky, Lawrence professor emeritus of industrial and systems engineering, and chairman of Academic Applications International at Virginia Tech University.

College of Fine Arts
Approximately 100 fine arts students are eligible to graduate in this ceremony at 4:30 p.m. Saturday, May 16.

Jill Docking will represent the Kansas Board of Regents. The speaker will be Denny Senseney, a public school music educator, former retail school-music business owner, arts advocate and professional trade association leader.