Newly minted MTSU graduates can treasure the “years of dedication, sacrifice and hard work” that earned their new degrees and still “be greedy” when facing new choices, a longtime sociology professor said Saturday, Aug. 8. Dr. William Canak, outgoing president of the university’s Faculty Senate, encouraged the 903 students in his summer 2015 commencement address.

Of the 903 MTSU students receiving degrees, 673 were undergraduates and 230 were graduate students, including 214 master’s degree recipients, five education-specialist degree recipients and 11 new doctoral degree-holders. One graduate student received a graduate certificate.

Read more at http://www.mtsunews.com/summer-commencement-2015/.

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