Two distinguished UCF alumni will speak at the University of Central Florida’s summer commencement ceremony on Saturday, Aug. 3.
Micky Grindstaff, chair of the UCF Board of Trustees and a partner in the law firm Shutts & Bowen LLP, will speak at the morning ceremony followed by Jo Anne Puglisi, a 1973 mechanical engineering graduate, in the afternoon.
Puglisi has spent 40 years working in military aviation simulation and aircraft development, UCF said. She has worked with Lockheed Martin Mission Systems and Training in Orlando since 1993. Grindstaff earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration at the university in 1978 before earning his law degree at Mercer University in 1982, according to UCF.
Ceremonies at the CFE Arena will begin at 9 a.m. and 2:30 p.m., with the procession of graduates starting 20 minutes before each ceremony. Doors will open about 90 minutes before each ceremony.
The 9 a.m. ceremony will feature graduates from the College of Arts & Humanities, College of Business Administration, College of Education and Human Performance, College of Graduate Studies, Office of Undergraduate Studies, and the Rosen College of Hospitality Management.
The 2:30 p.m. ceremony will be held for graduates from the College of Engineering & Computer Science, College of Health and Public Affairs, College of Medicine, College of Nursing, College of Optics & Photonics, and the College of Sciences.
Tickets are required for guests to attend the ceremonies and are available from graduates. Guests without tickets are welcome to view closed-circuit telecasts of the ceremonies from the FAIRWINDS Alumni Center across the street from the CFE Arena, the Student Union, and on Campus Cable Channel 21.
