EMPORIA — Hats off to the nearly 1,100 candidates for graduation at Emporia State University.

They will be honored in three separate commencement ceremonies on May 10 and 11 in White Auditorium, 111 E. Sixth Ave., in Emporia:

All students earning graduate degrees will be honored at 6 p.m. Friday, May 10.

Students earning bachelor’s degrees from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences will be honored at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, May 11.

Students earning bachelor’s degrees from the School of Business and The Teachers College conferring degrees at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 11.

Students from the Hays area, their honors and degrees, include:

Dustin Allen Bittel of Ellis, Magna Cum Laude Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatre with a minor in Journalism

Margaret Rose Burke of Hays, Master of Library Science with a concentration in Archives Studies

Layne Merle Downing of Hays, B.S. in Business in Management with a minor in Information Systems

Vera Haynes Elwood of Hays, Master of Library Science

Carly Jean McCracken of Hays, Master of Library Science

Alex R. Muirhead of Hays, Master of Science in Industrial/Organizational Psychology

Rachel Ann Muirhead of Hays, Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatre

Sara Renee Schoenthaler of Hays, Master of Library Science

Students who are finishing their degrees in May and August are eligible to walk during spring exercises. There are nearly 600 undergraduates and more than 500 graduate students who are candidates for degrees.

Allen Schmidt of the Kansas Board of Regents will give remarks at all three ceremonies.