Quick Info for Graduates
- The commencement ceremony is first come first serve seating. Overflow will be directed to the Jeff Johnston Fine Arts center where the commencement livestream will be playing.
- We kindly ask that family and friends remain seated for the whole ceremony as to not interrupt or block the view from other attendees.
- Graduate Check-in location: South end of Raymond Harber Field House. You must be there no later than 9:30 AM and you will be directed on where to line up after you check-in. Office staff will let you know when the procession will begin to the gymnasium.
- Graduates and family members can pre-register with a non-school email address for notifications and ordering of photos after the ceremony by scanning the QR code below.
Seminole State College will hold its 91st Commencement Ceremony on Friday, May 3, for students completing coursework requirements for their degree programs. The graduation ceremony will be held at 10 a.m. inside the Raymond Harber Field House on campus.
Following the processional, Oklahoma State Representative Kevin Wallace (R-District 32) will offer the invocation. President Lana Reynolds will welcome guests and offer special comments.
This year’s commencement address will be delivered by Rep. Charles McCall, Oklahoma’s longest-serving Speaker of the House of Representatives. He was first elected to House District 22 in 2012. Four years later, he was elected Speaker, the first Republican from southeastern Oklahoma to hold the position. He brought years of experience as a community banker with him to the role. His focus on getting the state’s fiscal house in order brought the state budget out of shortfalls and into solvency. During his tenure as Speaker, personal and corporate income taxes have decreased while public common education funding has increased by 35% and state reserves have been built up to record levels.
McCall has balanced his public service with his private sector role as the CEO and Board Chairman of AmeriState Bank in Atoka. Before his election to the House of Representatives, McCall served as Mayor of Atoka from 2005 to 2012. He holds a bachelor’s degree in finance from the University of Oklahoma and completed the Graduate School of Banking at the University of Colorado in Boulder.
Following the commencement address, Dr. Amanda Estey, Vice President for Academic Affairs, will present degree candidates, and President Reynolds will confer degrees.
Graduates of the SSC Nursing Program will complete their commencement activities with a special Pinning Ceremony inside the Enoch Kelly Haney Center’s Utterback Ballroom. The nursing ceremony is scheduled for 12 p.m. A special graduation program for students completing their degree in the Physical Therapist Assistant program will also be held at 12 p.m. in the E.T. Dunlap Student Union meeting room.
SSC’s commencement ceremony will be live-streamed. Those who will not be able to attend the ceremony in person can visit Seminole State College’s website, sscok.edu, to access the live footage on the day of the event. The live footage will also be playing inside the Jeff Johnston Fine Arts Center on campus. This will provide an additional location for guests to sit and enjoy the program if the Raymond Harber Field House reaches capacity.
Campus offices will be closed to the public on Friday morning, May 3, to allow staff time to prepare for commencement exercises. Before commencement and following the ceremony, the SSC Bookstore and The Flower Box will have pop-up shops set up outside of the E.T. Dunlap Student Union. Campus offices will reopen at 1:30 p.m.
For additional information regarding graduation activities, contact the Office of Admissions at 405-382-9230.