TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (WTWO/WAWV) – Saturday afternoon Indiana State University gave out 409 bachelor’s degrees to students that represented three countries, including the United States, Saudi Arabia, and India.
All of these students were enrolled in either the Bailey College of Engineering and Technology, College of Arts & Sciences, College of Health & Human Services, Scott College of Business, and Bayh College of Education.
Student commencement speaker Hannah Buescher said she couldn’t recommend Indiana State enough.
“I would just encourage anyone of you are looking into it to just dive right in,” said Buescher. “Talk to people who go here already, talk to the deans and teachers because everyone is so willing, and everyone here just wants your success because that is their number one goal.”
The alumni speaker for this ceremony was CEO and founder of the Garrett Companies, Eric Garrett. Garrett credits Indiana State as the foundation of his success and wants to share his knowledge to the graduates following in his footsteps.
“You have to be prepared to take those opportunities and to do that you have to learn everything you can about your chosen profession,” said Garrett. “That goes beyond what you are taught by your HR department and is about learning outside of that, researching on your own, networking with people in the industry, networking with the executives at your company, and growing those relationships.”
Indiana State University President Mike Godard said that this is the university’s favorite thing to do.
“This is the best part of what we get to do as we get to celebrate our students who have earned a degree from Indiana State University,” said Godard. “Seeing the smiles as they walk across the stage with that degree in hand and to be able to celebrate with them.”
Godard said that the support you receive while at the university does not stop after graduation.
“We are going to continue to support all of our graduates to make sure that they have those continuous opportunities,” said Godard. “That engagement just continues now as alumnus of Indiana State.”
