Southern Adventist University’s graduation program will take place Sunday at 9:30 a.m. in the Chattanooga Convention Center. Larry Blackmer, vice president for Education in the North American Division of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, will provide Commencement address.
The 447 students receiving diplomas on Sunday represents the single largest graduating class to date for Southern. The graduating class of 2015 is leaving a "unique" senior gift. They’ve worked with Southern’s Advancement office to begin fundraising for a “Student-to-Student Scholarship.” Seniors who donated a minimum of $20.15 will wear blue philanthropy cords at Commencement.
Included in the ceremony are Southern’s first graduates from the Vegetarian Culinary Arts program (associate degrees).