1979 CSC graduate to speak at commencement
Dr. Kelvin Sharp, a graduate of Chadron State College who is president of South Plains College of Texas, will return to his alma mater to deliver the spring commencement address. The undergraduate ceremony will be Saturday, May 3, at 10 a.m. in Armstrong Gym. Sharp earned a bachelor’s degree in physics and mathematics from CSC in May 1979. He earned both his doctorate and master’s degree from Texas Tech University at Lubbock.
Sharp was hired at South Plains as dean of arts and sciences in July 1999. He was promoted to vice president for academic affairs in January 2000 and was named president of the college in November 2004.
South Plains is a comprehensive community college that enrolls more than 19,000 credit and non-credit students each year at campus locations in Levelland, Lubbock and Plainview.
The institution serves 15 counties in west Texas that cover more than 13,000 miles of the southern portion of the Texas High Plains.
CSC’s ceremony for students obtaining master’s degrees will be at 8 a.m. May 3 in Memorial Hall. The keynote speaker for the event will be Dr. Ron Miller, CSC associate professor of social sciences, who is retiring this year.
Dale Williamson, the CSC registrar, said the ceremony for graduate degree recipients has been scheduled one-half hour earlier than usual to accommodate more degree recipients.
Forty-eight students are anticipated to be awarded master's or specialist's degrees this spring, while 251 are scheduled to receive bachelor's degrees.
Category: Campus News, Commencement