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August 19, 2025 | 7:30 p.m.
BASE - Extraco Events Center

PROCESSIONAL

Celtex Pipes & Drums, Mace Bearer, Stage Party, Marshalls, Faculty & Staff, Candidates for Graduation

PRESENTATION OF McLENNAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE MACE

Dr. Kayla Willis
Associate Professor of Child Studies & Education and Faculty Council President

OPENING OF CEREMONY

Dr. Laura Wichman
Vice President, Strategic Planning & Enrollment

NATIONAL ANTHEM

Maddison Livingston
Assistant Professor of Music Industry Careers

WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS & RECOGNITION OF PAST PRESIDENT

Dr. Johnette McKown
President

Dr. Dennis Michaelis
President 1988-2009

CHALLENGE TO GRADUATES

Ashley Cruseturner
McLennan Community College Division Chair - Social & Behavioral Science
Part-time History Instructor

CONFERRAL OF DEGREES & CERTIFICATES

Earl Stinnett, Sr.
Chairman, Board of Trustees

Dr. Chad Eggleston
Vice President, Instruction & Student Engagement

DIPLOMA AND CERTIFICATE PRESENTATIONS & RECOGNITION OF HIGHEST HONOR GRADUATES

Dr. Johnette McKown
President

Dr. Chad Eggleston
Vice President, Instruction & Student Engagement

Dr. Mark Harmsen
Vice President, Finance & Administration

Assisted by:
McLennan Board of Trustees

Name Announcer:
Kelli Nehring
Associate Director, Accommodations & Title IX

THE McLENNAN ALMA MATER by Robert Page

Edgar Sierra
Associate Professor of Music

RECESSIONAL

Celtex Pipes & Drums, Stage Party, Graduates, Marshalls, Faculty & Staff

COMMENCEMENT COMMITTEE

Kim Henderson, Crystal Johnson, Mandy Morrison,
Jennifer Norman, Kelly Parker, Itzel Perez-Varela, Holly Surginer,
Joseph Taylor, Natalie Timmons, Katie Vise, Clayton Williams, and Kacy Yevcak

MARSHALLS

Dr. Richard Driver
Associate Professor of History

Dr. Kayla Willis
Associate Professor of Child Studies & Education

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Dr. Dennis Clark, Jonathan Hill, K. Paul Holt, Dr. Elizabeth Palacios, Secretary, Ilda Sabido,
Earl Stinnett, Sr., Chairman, and Ricky Turman, Vice Chairman