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Western Kentucky University’s five academic colleges will recognize more than 1,000 fall graduates in three ceremonies next Friday (December 12).

During the Fall 2025 recognition ceremonies at Diddle Arena, WKU will confer 1,040 degrees – 10 doctoral, 206 master’s, four specialist, 761 bachelor’s and 59 associate – as well as 160 undergraduate and 24 graduate certificates.

The schedule is as follows:

• 8 a.m.: Potter College of Arts & Letters; College of Education and Behavioral Sciences
• 10:30 a.m.: Gordon Ford College of Business; Ogden College of Science & Engineering
• 1 p.m.: College of Health and Human Services

Ceremonies will include the conferral of degrees, remarks from college deans and recognition of scholars. The graduates will be individually recognized and shake hands with President Timothy C. Caboni. Fall 2025 graduates also are invited to attend the 2026 Commencement Ceremony on May 7.

Lindsey Sargent of Lexington, a Biology major with a minor in Neuroscience, will be recognized as the Ogden Foundation Scholar during the 10:30 a.m. ceremony. WKU’s top undergraduate academic award is presented to one graduating baccalaureate degree senior who has demonstrated exceptional academic achievement and outstanding university and civic engagement.

The ceremonies will be broadcast on WKU PBS and on the WKU Facebook page and WKU YouTube channel.

Contact: Registrar, (270) 745-3351

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Western Kentucky University prides itself on positioning its students, faculty and staff for long term success. As a student-centered, applied research university, WKU helps students expand on classroom learning by integrating education with real-world applications in the communities we serve. Our hilltop campus is located in Bowling Green, Kentucky, which was recently named by Reader’s Digest as one of the nicest towns in America, just an hour’s drive from Nashville, Tennessee.