16 Apr Huntington University Graduation Day

Huntington University will hold its 111th commencement exercises at 3 p.m. on May 16 on the front campus, weather permitting. Degrees will be awarded to 230 graduates (associate’s, bachelor’s, and master’s degrees). Three honorary degrees will also be presented.

The commencement address will be given by Dr. John Bernbaum (right), founder and president of Russian-American Christian University in Moscow, Russia. RACU’s mission, as a private faith-based university, is to equip young Russians for leadership roles in their local communities, in the marketplace, in their churches and in their nation.

Bernbaum works out of the U.S. office of RACU in Wheaton, Md., and spends approximately one-third of the year in Moscow; the remaining time is spent traveling across the country sharing RACU’s mission, recruiting faculty and raising scholarship support for financially-needy Russian students.

Dr. Del Doughty (left), Huntington University professor of English, will deliver the baccalaureate sermon to graduates and their parents at 10:30 a.m. in the Zurcher Auditorium of the Merillat Centre for the Arts. For the past dozen years, he has taught HU courses in creative writing, world literature, and academic writing and research.