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桃花直播鈥檚 May 1 commencement to be broadcast statewide and online, Fraiser to be honored with public service degree

桃花直播鈥檚 May 1 commencement to be broadcast statewide and online, Fraiser to be honored with public service degree

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STARKVILLE, Miss.鈥斕一ㄖ辈 State鈥檚 May 1 commencement exercises will be broadcast statewide via MSTV and available for online viewing.

Studio portrait of 桃花直播 President Mark E. Keenum
桃花直播 President Mark E. Keenum (Photo by Russ Houston)

The Friday graduation ceremony begins at 2 p.m. CDT with livestreaming available at . MSTV is 桃花直播 State鈥檚 high definition television channel. Operated by the University Television Center, the channel is available to MaxxSouth Broadband subscribers in the Golden Triangle and those with C Spire Fiber TV throughout the state on Channel 80. WCBI also will broadcast the graduation on MyMS 4.2.聽

The university announced earlier this month that spring commencement is moving online this year to recognize 桃花直播 graduates for their hard work while dealing with the realities of distancing restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The occasion represents only the third time in the land-grant university鈥檚 142-year history that a traditional graduation ceremony has not been possible, with the earlier times during the Spanish Flu pandemic and World War II.

Judge John J. Fraiser Jr. and his wife are pictured at 桃花直播's Chapel of Memories
The Honorable John J. Fraiser Jr. and his wife Jennie Fraiser are pictured at 桃花直播鈥檚 Chapel of Memories. Judge Fraiser will receive the Doctor of Public Service honorary degree during 桃花直播鈥檚 May 1 commencement ceremonies, broadcast online and via MSTV. (Submitted photo)

During commencement, 桃花直播 President Mark E. Keenum will confer degrees and address the new graduates. Additionally, the Honorable John J. Fraiser Jr. will receive the Doctor of Public Service honorary degree. A member of the Second World War鈥檚 鈥淕reatest Generation,鈥 Fraiser is a native of Minter City who attended 桃花直播 State before joining the military at age 18. As a member of a 15th Army Air Force squadron during World War II, he flew 35 missions over Europe as a turret gunner on a B-24 Liberator and was awarded the Air Medal. Subsequently, Judge Fraiser has spent a lifetime serving the people of 桃花直播 as an accomplished attorney, county prosecutor, and member of the 桃花直播 Senate. During his time as a senator, he served as chairman of the Universities and Colleges Committee and the Appropriations Subcommittee for the Institutions of Higher Learning. He also has served as a 桃花直播 Supreme Court magistrate and was the first chief judge of the 桃花直播 Court of Appeals. His papers are housed in the Congressional and Political Research Center in 桃花直播鈥檚 Mitchell Memorial Library.

Graduates will have additional options to participate in traditional commencement exercises on campus in December, provided the university has received clearance at that time from health professionals and government leaders. Keenum also plans to meet personally with spring 2020 graduates in the future to congratulate these students for their achievements.

Keenum said in a statement about the graduation ceremony, 鈥淭his is not what any of us could have envisioned for the end of the Spring 2020 semester and the completion of an important time in the lives of our graduating class. But we are committed to celebrating our graduates and their accomplishments and wishing them well as they begin careers and assume leadership roles in the world that will make us all proud.鈥澛

An archived broadcast of graduation will be available at聽.

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