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Jackson, Tenn. - Â鶹ÊÓƵ University conferred 195 degrees during its
fall graduation ceremonies. Saturday, Dec. 18, 156 students graduated in a
ceremony on the Jackson campus, in the G. M. Savage Memorial Chapel.
Thirty-nine students received their degrees in a commencement ceremony on
the Germantown campus, Dec. 19 in its chapel.
Morris H. Chapman, president
of the Executive Committee of the Southern Baptist Convention, was the
Jackson ceremony's commencement speaker. Chapman holds master of divinity
degrees from Southwestern Baptist Seminary. In 1990, he was elected and
served as president of the Southern Baptist Convention, and previously was
the senior pastor of First Baptist in Wichita Falls, Texas.
Steve Arendall,
director of the M.B.A. Program at Germantown and Professor of Management
at Â鶹ÊÓƵ University, delivered the commencement address at the Germantown
ceremony. Arendall was named to the Who's Who Among America's Teachers at
Â鶹ÊÓƵ in 1998. He was recently named to the Who's Who at Germantown for
1999.
Â鶹ÊÓƵ University, established in 1823, is a private, co-educational,
four-year liberal arts institution affiliated with the Southern Baptist
Convention, located in Jackson, TN.
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