The graduating students took their symbolic final walk across the campus as OBU students when they filed into Raley Chapel’s Potter Auditorium for the 2 p.m. ceremony. The students passed through rows of OBU faculty members before reaching the chapel’s east steps.
Pastor Joe Ligon, senior pastor at First Baptist Church of Marlow, Oklahoma, and president of the Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma, delivered the address.
Dr. David W. Whitlock presented graduates with their diplomas as they crossed the stage during OBU’s Winter Commencement Dec. 16.
OBU President Dr. David W. Whitlock, right, congratulates Jake Cleveland of Shawnee, during The Walk prior to OBU’s Winter Commencement Friday, Dec. 16.
OBU Honors 103 Graduates During Winter Commencement
December 16, 2016
Oklahoma Baptist University conferred degrees upon 74 undergraduate and 29 graduate students during Winter Commencement, Friday, Dec. 16. The ceremony took place in Raley Chapel’s Potter Auditorium. Pastor Joe Ligon, senior pastor at First Baptist Church of Marlow, Oklahoma, and president of the Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma, delivered the address.
OBU President Dr. David W. Whitlock presided over the ceremonies and delivered the charge to the graduates.
