USI will hold the 2019 Fall Commencement Ceremony on Dec. 7 in the Screaming Eagles Arena. There will be two different ceremonies. The first will be at 10 a.m. for the College of Liberal Arts and Romain College of Business. The second ceremony will be held at 1 p.m. for the College of Nursing and Health Professions and Pott College of Science, Engineering, and Education. Doors will open an hour before each ceremony. 

Dr. Ernest H. Hall Jr. will give the commencement address at the first ceremony. Hall is the managing professor and recipient of the 2019 Distinguished Professor Award. The address at the second ceremony will be presented by Dr. Sakina M Hughes. Hughes is an associate professor of history and received the 2019 H. Lee Cooper Core Curriculum Award.