St. Petersburg College will hold its 144th commencement ceremony at 9 a.m. on Saturday, May 13, at Tropicana Field, 1 Tropicana Drive, St. Petersburg.
The event will also be streamed live on the college’s YouTube channel.
With this graduating class, SPC will have awarded 197,493 degrees since the college – Florida’s first community college – was founded in 1927, almost 100 years ago.
The college’s youngest graduate is 16 years old, the oldest is 69 years old and 13 graduates are over the age of 60. Exactly 101 graduates will be receiving more than one credential this semester.
SPC will award 1,530 degrees and certificates this semester:
- 685 Associate in Arts degrees
- 414 Associate in Science degrees
- 162 Bachelor of Applied Science degrees
- 103 Bachelor of Science degrees
- 166 certifications
SPC Trustee Nathan Stonecipher will present this term’s award-winning students. Ke’Andre Chisom is the 2023 Alumni Achievement Award winner, which is the highest honor a bachelor’s degree graduate can achieve at the college. Elizabeth Hurley is the 2023 Apollo Award winner, which is the highest honor an associate degree graduate can achieve.
For more information about the commencement, visit spcollege.edu/graduation.
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