Dr. Randolph Lowry
Lee University will hold its 193rd commencement ceremonies May 9-10. Dr. Randolph Lowry will deliver the commencement address on Saturday morning at 9:30.
“We’ve been friends and admirers of Dr. Lowry’s for many years, and we look forward to having him on campus,” said Lee President Dr. Paul Conn.
Dr. Lowry was the president of Lipscomb University in Nashville from 2005 through 2021 and now serves as chancellor. Under his leadership, Lipscomb emerged as one of the top universities in the Southeast.
Dr. Lowry is a nationally recognized attorney and one of the nation’s leading experts in the dispute resolution field with over 40 years of experience. He has also served on the California Dispute Resolution Advisory Council, the Blue-Ribbon Committee on arbitration ethics, and the Judicial Council’s Task Force on the quality of justice.
He is the founder of Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution at Pepperdine University Caruso School of Law. He also co-founded the Southern California Mediation Association, an organization focused on supporting and educating the conflict resolution community that has since supported thousands of mediators. In 1990, he helped establish the Ventura Center for Dispute Settlement in California.
Dr. Lowry received his Juris Doctor from Hamline University and both his master’s degree in public administration and bachelor’s degree in political science from Pepperdine University. He and his wife, Rhonda, live in Nashville, and they have three children.
Graduation festivities will begin with a hooding ceremony for students earning graduate degrees on Friday, May 9. This service is a ticketed event and will take place in Pangle Hall.
Following the Friday hooding ceremony, all graduates will march in the commissioning ceremony on the South Campus Quad Lawn. During commissioning, a special occasion for students and their families to reflect on their experiences at the university, five student speakers will share brief stories about their time at Lee. Students will also lead in the invocation, special music, and benediction. Each graduate will be presented with a personalized Bible in a traditional walk across the stage.
On Saturday morning, 401 undergraduate and 87 graduate students are expected to receive degrees during the ceremony. Of the 87 graduate students, six are doctoral students.
The commissioning and commencement services will not require tickets unless inclement weather shifts the ceremony inside the Paul Dana Walker Arena, where seating is limited. Climate-controlled overflow seating for both services will also be available.
The hooding, commissioning, and commencement ceremonies will be available for livestream viewing at leeu.live/.
For more information about commencement exercises, contact the Academic Events Office at graduation@leeuniversity.edu or visit leeuniversity.edu/academics/graduation-info/.