Click here to view the 2024 Fall Commencement Ceremony program
Dec 10, 2023
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May 6, 2023
December 10, 2022
May 7, 2022
Sat., Dec 11
College of Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences
Edward R. Murrow College of Communication
Voiland College of Engineering and Architecture
College of Veterinary Medicine
College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, and Voiland College of Engineering and Architecture
Carson College of Business and College of Education
School of Engineering and Computer Sciences
Department of Human Development and Edward R. Murrow College of Communication
Visit experience.wsu.edu to view videos of previous WSU Commencement ceremonies.
Linked files are in pdf format.
The following leaders and role models have addressed WSU graduates at Commencement.
Phyllis J. Campbell
Chairman, Pacific Northwest for JP Morgan Chase & Co.
Max Baer
Former Butch T. Cougar, member of the Class of 2015, and avid martial artist
Geoffrey Gamble
President emeritus and professor emeritus, Montana State University
Brad Tilden
Chief executive officer, Alaska Air Group and its subsidiaries, Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air
Mimi Healy
President and CEO, Lasergen Inc.
Jordan Schnitzer
President, Harsch Investment Properties, and philanthropist
Orlin Reinbold
Owner, Landmark Turf and Native Seed
Elson S. Floyd
WSU president
Katey Koehn
Director of program management, Yahoo
Elson S. Floyd
WSU president
David Ensor
Director, Voice of America
Roger Myers
Executive director, electric propulsion and integrated systems, Aerojet
Sam Sumner Reed
Former secretary of state, Washington State
Kimberlee Kidwell
Associate dean, College of Agricultural, Human and Natural Resource Sciences, and spring wheat breeder
Governor Chris Gregoire
Brigadier General Julie Bentz, Ph.D.
Jim Cook
Dean and professor emeritus, Washington State University
Robert M. Gates
Secretary of Defense
Admiral John S. Redd
Vice admiral of the U.S. Navy and the first Senate-confirmed director of the National Counterterrorism Center
Brad Smith
Microsoft General Counsel and leader of the company’s Department of Legal and Corporate Affairs
Craig Juntunen
Entrepreneur, philanthropist and football player
Mickey S. Urdea
Co-founder, chairman and chief executive officer, Tethys Bioscience
Lisa Cohen
Executive director, Washington Global Health Alliance
William Julius Wilson
Lewis P. and Linda L. Geyser University Professor at Harvard University
Bob Watt
Vice chair and chair-elect of the Seattle Foundation board, chair of the White Center Making Connections Partners Group, and vice chair of Thrive by Five
Theodor P. Baseler
President and chief executive officer, Ste. Michelle Wine Estates
Gary Steele
Chief executive officer, Proofpoint Inc.