Subject:  WSU Releases Commencement Broadcast Information

 WINONA, Minn. (WSU-UC) -- More than 1,000 graduates of Winona State University accept their degrees at the institution's Spring 2009 Commencement ceremonies Friday, May 8, at 9:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. in WSU's McCown Gymnasium.

The commencement ceremonies are broadcast live over Hiawatha Broadband Communications (HBC) television channel 25 in Winona and in markets served by HBC.

The ceremonies are also broadcast live in the Rochester area via Charter Communications channel 20. The Charter broadcasts are available live to Rochester area cable customers only.

HBC Cable channel 25 rebroadcasts the Commencement ceremonies Saturday-Sunday, May 9-10.  Each day, the ceremonies will run back-to-back, beginning at 7:30 p.m. 

The guest speaker for Spring 2009 Commencement is Joyce Black, associate professor in the College of Nursing at the University of Nebraska Medical Center.

The student speakers are August Whipple and Shashank Sharma. Whipple, from Tomah, Wis., graduates with Bachelor of Science degree in marketing. Whipple speaks during the morning ceremony. Sharma, from Meerut, India, graduates with a Bachelor of Science degree in composite materials engineering. Sharma speaks during the afternoon ceremony.