Speech professor to give December Commencement address

CONTACT:  Cecelia Malhotra, college registrar, 304-424-8222.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

A college professor with nearly 30 years of tenure will deliver the main address Friday (Dec. 13) when West Virginia University at Parkersburg conducts its December Commencement.

Lewis Rutherford, professor of speech, will present his address entitled "Pay It Forward," at the 7 p.m. ceremonies in the College Activities Center.

More than 150 students are candidates for graduation.

WVU Parkersburg President Erik Bitterbaum will confer certificates, and associate and baccalaureate degrees during the exercises. Commencement faculty marshals will be David Lancaster, instructor of Education, and Karen Sadler, Nursing instructor. The College Chorale, under the direction of H.G. Young III, music professor, will perform with the Eastlawn Brass Quintet providing instrumental accompaniment.

A professor of speech, Rutherford received his bachelor’s degree from Concord College, a master’s degree from West Virginia University, an additional master’s from West Virginia College of Graduates, and a doctorate from Southern Illinois University. He first joined the Parkersburg campus in 1974.

A reception in honor of the graduates and their families will follow the Commencement ceremonies.

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For additional information, contact:
Connie Dziagwa
Director, Communications and Public Relations
WVU Parkersburg
(304-424-8203)

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