Western Governors University
Winter 2008 Commencement Ceremony
Salt Lake City, Utah
10 am, MST
February 16, 2008
The Winter Commencement for Western Governors University was held February 16, 2008, at the Calvin L. Rampton
Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City, Utah. Students and families who could not attend were able to watch
the live video stream of the ceremony via the Internet.
More than 70 students from 27 states attended the ceremony. At this graduation degrees were awarded to 610 students
from 48 states, making it the largest graduating class ever for WGU, which holds graduations twice each year. WGU awarded 397
undergraduate degrees and 213 graduate degrees to this graduating class. These include 376 degrees and certificates
from the WGU Teachers College, 160 degrees from the College of Business, 69 degrees from the College of Information
Technology and one degree from the College of Health Professions. The average age of these WGU graduates was
39. The youngest was 20 and the oldest was 60.
View the complete Winter 2008 Commencement Ceremony video: (Runs: 1 hr. 38 min.)
Complete ceremony, 100k
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Rewind or fast forward using the cursor bar directly under the video display screen, but WAIT for the download to complete
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Speaker segments:
Speaker Thomas Pelto: (Runs: 5 min. 58 sec.)
Pelto speech for slow connections
Pelto speech for fast connections
Speaker Dr. Clara Lovett: (Runs: 6 min. 37 sec.)
Lovett speech for slow connections
Lovett speech for fast connections
Graduate Speaker Bill Sparkman: (Runs: 8 min. 25 sec.)
Sparkman speech for slow connections
Sparkman speech for fast connections
Graduate Speaker Laura Barker: (Runs: 7 min. 53 sec.)
Barker speech for slow connections
Barker speech for fast connections
Graduate Speaker Matthew Brothers: (Runs: 5 min. 12 sec.)
Brothers speech for slow connections
Brothers speech for fast connections
Graduate Speaker Wil Ky: (Runs: 6 min. 8 sec.)
Ky speech for slow connections
Ky speech for fast connections
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