113 graduates & candidates recognized at SPCS Commencement

The School of Professional & Continuing Studies recognized 113 graduating students and graduation candidates during its 61st Commencement Exercises on May 10, 2025. The ceremony was held in the Robins Center arena on the University of Richmond campus.

By tradition, the School invites three speakers to address graduates: a graduating student selected by the faculty members, an alum of the School selected by members of the SPCS Alumni Association Board, and an adjunct member of the faculty nominated by the student body. This year’s speakers were the following individuals:

• Student Commencement Speaker: Richard Bagby, who earned a Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts
• Gibb Family Distinguished Alumni Awardee: Sabrina Guerin, C'17
• Itzkowitz Family Distinguished Adjunct Faculty Awardee: Sarah Calveric

Students who completed requirements for graduation in December 2024 and May 2025 were conferred certificates and diplomas during the ceremony, while students who plan to complete their graduation requirements in August 2025 received a confirmation of their intent to graduate when crossing the stage.

Here are the certificates and degrees conferred and recognized by the numbers:

• Certificate of Applied Studies — 19
  Includes Data Analytics, Information Security, Information Systems, Paralegal Studies
• Graduate Certificate in Educational Leadership & Policy Studies — 8
• Graduate Certificate in Human Resource Management — 4
• Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts — 6
• Bachelor of Science in Professional Studies — 15
  Includes Data Analytics, HR Management, Information Security, IT Management, Paralegal Studies
• Master of Education — 11
  Includes Curriculum & Instruction and Educational Leadership & Policy Studies
• Master of Human Resource Management — 8
• Master of Liberal Arts — 22
• Master of Nonprofit Studies — 5
• Master of Teaching — 16