May 9-10: 1,750 Minnesota State Mankato Students to Participate in 2025 Spring Commencement Ceremonies
Mankato, Minn. – Approximately 1,750 Minnesota State University, Mankato students will participate in five spring commencement ceremonies on campus Friday and Saturday, May 9-10 in Taylor Center’s Bresnan Arena.
On Friday, commencement ceremonies will be held at 3 p.m. for the College of Business and at 6 p.m. for the College of Humanities and Social Sciences.
On Saturday, commencement ceremonies will be held at 9 a.m. for the College of Science, Engineering and Technology, at 12 p.m. for the College of Education and at 3 p.m. for the College of Allied Health and Nursing.
Candidates for graduate degrees will graduate with the college of their affiliation.
The ceremonies are not ticketed events, and there are no restrictions on the number of guests who may attend for each graduate. Live-streaming captioning services will be provided for each ceremony, and will be posted at: https://mankato.mnsu.edu/commencement-services/commencement-information/
Kathy Sheran and Jim Grabowska, members of the Board of Trustees for the Minnesota State system, will greet the candidates at the commencement ceremonies. (NOTE: there will not be a trustee at the 6 p.m. ceremony on Friday.)
President Edward Inch will present diplomas to the new graduates. Brian Zins, a 2002 Minnesota State Mankato graduate and director of Alumni Relations, will welcome new graduates to the Alumni Association.
Student speakers for Friday’s ceremonies will be Harrison Braudis and Jack Wohnoutka at 3 p.m. and Amal Sharafkhodjaeva and Bilan Mire at 6 p.m.
Student speakers for Saturday’s ceremonies will be Sharifah Nansamba and Anne-Lyse Nono at 9 a.m., Kyle Ritten at 12 p.m. and Emily Hodge and Esi Izim at 3 p.m.
Douglas Snapp and Michael Olson, faculty members in Minnesota State Mankato’s Department of Communication and Media, will arrange the music at the five ceremonies.
The national anthem will be performed at the ceremonies by a choral ensemble from the Department of Performing Arts. Elisabeth Cherland, a faculty member in the Department of Performing Arts, will conduct the choral ensemble.
Additional music will be performed at the ceremonies by an instrumental ensemble from the Department of Performing Arts, with Amy Roisum-Foley and Sarah Costello, faculty members in the Department of Performing Arts, conducting.
More information about the Minnesota State Mankato spring commencement is at https://www.mnsu.edu/commencement-services/.
Minnesota State Mankato, a comprehensive university with 15,251 students, is part of the Minnesota State system, which includes 26 colleges and seven universities.
