Indiana University East will host its 43rd Commencement Ceremony at 6 p.m. on Friday, May 16, at the Richmond High School Tiernan Center, located at 380 Hub Etchison Parkway.

This year, the university will confer 560 baccalaureate degrees and 61 master’s degrees. The awarding of the degrees this year marks the most awarded in IU East’s history, surpassing last year’s milestone 532 baccalaureate degrees and 28 master’s degrees.

Indiana University Executive Vice President for University Academic Affairs John S. Applegate and IU East Chancellor Kathryn Cruz-Uribe will preside and address the 613 graduates eligible to receive IU degrees during the ceremony. The figures include degree recipients from December 2013 and candidates for May, June and August 2014.

“I am excited to experience my first IU East Commencement Ceremony. I am very proud of our students, and it has been a pleasure getting to know them during this past academic year. Congratulations to our largest graduating class,” Cruz-Uribe said.

During the ceremony, the first cohort of students in the Master of Science in Nursing and Master of Social Work will have degrees conferred. Also, the second cohort in the Master of Science in Management – graduate students completed this program in December 2013 – will receive their diplomas during the ceremony.

The ceremony will be broadcast via live stream video at iue.edu/live. The website also includes live commencement updates and commentary via Twitter and Facebook. Richmond residents can also watch the ceremony live on WCTV Channel 20.

Kelsey Meyer of Eaton, Ohio, will address fellow classmates during the ceremony as the student speaker. Meyer will receive a Bachelor of Science in Biology and was selected to address the 2014 class after auditioning for the honor. Meyer has been an ambassador with the Office of Admissions, in the Honors Program, and she has studied abroad at the University of Kent in Canterbury. She received this year’s Outstanding Student in Biology award. Meyer has been accepted to the Master of Science in Physician Assistant Studies at the University of Mount Union and she will begin there this May.

Kasey Stolle, as the recipient of the Naomi Osborne Award (an honor given to the graduate with the highest grade point average), will lead the graduating class during the alumni induction ceremony. Stolle will receive her Bachelor of Science in Biology. She has been accepted to the IU School of Optometry and she will begin there this fall.

For more information, visit iue.edu/commencement.