MANHATTAN — Kansas State University will see more than 1,500 candidates for graduation this fall at commencement ceremonies set for Friday, Dec. 12, in Manhattan and Salina and Saturday, Dec. 13, in Manhattan. Candidates from both the summer 2025 and fall 2025 semesters will be recognized.
Ceremony information, including parking, accommodations and a livestream of the Manhattan campus ceremonies, will be available on the K-State graduation website.
The university will award approximately 1,050 bachelor’s degrees, 350 master’s degrees and 100 doctorates this fall. Seventy students will be earning multiple degrees and majors. The graduates-to-be also include more than 300 students who are earning their degrees through a K-State Online program.
As part of an effort to deliver and maximize a unified, student-centered graduation experience, undergraduate ceremonies on the Manhattan campus have been strategically combined this fall in a pilot structure.
By hosting graduates from multiple academic colleges in three combined ceremonies on Saturday, in addition to an Army ROTC commissioning ceremony, the university aims to amplify the best of its commencement traditions.
Schedule and speakers for Friday, Dec. 12 ceremonies
- 1 p.m., Bramlage Coliseum: Graduate School. Regent John Dicus will represent the Kansas Board of Regents at the ceremony. J. Ernest Minton, professor of animal sciences and industry, will be the speaker.
- 7 p.m., Student Life Center, Salina: K-State Salina. Lt. Col. Matthew Shelly, U.S. Air Force, will be the speaker.
Schedule and speakers for Saturday, Dec. 13 ceremonies
- 8:30 a.m., Bramlage Coliseum: College of Architecture, Planning & Design; College of Arts and Sciences; and College of Education. The student speakers will be Tinashe Sekabanja, bachelor’s candidate in statistics, Kampala, Uganda, and Jordan White, bachelor’s candidate in secondary education and chemistry, Shawnee.
- 10 a.m., Forum Hall, K-State Student Union: Army ROTC Wildcat Battalion commissioning ceremony. The commissioning officer and guest speaker is U.S. Army Col. Dallas McMullen, Brigade Commander of the 69th Troop Command, Kansas Army National Guard.
- Noon, Bramlage Coliseum: College of Agriculture and College of Business Administration. Mike Leikam, ’87, the president and chief executive officer of Centralized Supply Chain Services, LLC, will be the speaker. Weston Schrader, bachelor’s candidate in animal sciences and industry, Minneapolis, Kansas, and Max Roberts, bachelor’s candidate in finance, Olathe, will be the student speakers.
- 3:30 p.m., Bramlage Coliseum: Carl R. Ice College of Engineering and College of Health and Human Sciences. The student speakers are Robert Holt, bachelor’s candidate in mechanical engineering, Overland Park, and Cara Johnson, bachelor’s candidate in communication sciences and disorders, Lenexa.
