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Three WWU students to receive Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees on same commencement day
WWU prepares students for the stress of finals, job applications and graduation through a variety of campus resources
April is known as Stress Awareness Month. Which is especially fitting timing at William Woods, where stress can be a constant companion for students throughout the month, with final exams, plans for the summer, graduation and life after graduation the major themes. Students are juggling job applications (for internships or their first fulltime job,) studying […]
Ryan Leaf to deliver WWU 2019 undergrad commencement address
New Bloomfield Superintendent of Schools Sarah Wisdom ‘04 to deliver graduate commencement address Fulton, MO– William Woods University (WWU) is pleased to announce that Ryan D. Leaf, whose triumph over the mental health and substance abuse issues that helped end his NFL career led him to a successful new life of advocacy, will deliver the […]
Commencement 2018
Watch this video to relive the William Woods University undergraduate and graduate Commencement ceremonies from 2018.
Undergraduate Commencement 2018
William Woods University celebrated its 148th commencement on Saturday, April 28, 2018. The university conferred over 220 degrees, including associate of arts, bachelor of arts, bachelor of fine arts, bachelor of science, and bachelor of social work. Here some of our favorite photos from the ivy and undergraduate student ceremonies. To see the full album, […]
Graduate Commencement 2018
William Woods University celebrated its 148th commencement on Saturday, April 28, 2018. The university conferred over 600 graduate degrees, including master of business administration, master of education, education specialist, and doctorate in educational leadership. Here some of our favorite photos from the graduate student ceremony. To see the full album, check out the William Woods Facebook […]
Director of state Division of Workforce Development to deliver address at William Woods University graduate commencement
William Woods University (WWU) is pleased to announce that Mardy Leathers, Director of the Missouri Division of Workforce Development and an alumnus of WWU, will give the university’s 2018 graduate commencement address on Saturday, April 28. Commencement Saturday will begin with the traditional Ivy Ceremony at 9:15 a.m., followed by the undergraduate ceremony at 10 […]
Internationally-renowned expert on preventative health to deliver undergraduate commencement address at William Woods
Dr. Marc Hamilton is director of the Texas Obesity Research Center, pioneer of new and growing research discipline “inactivity physiology” William Woods University (WWU) is pleased to announce that Dr. Marc Hamilton, director and professor of the Texas Obesity Research Center and pioneer of the new and growing research discipline known as “inactivity physiology,” will […]
Famous Singer and Author Motivates WWU Audience
Ronald Reagan, Val Kilmer, William Shatner. William Woods University has hosted many well-known speakers throughout the years. But the 2017 commencement speaker outshone them all. Jimmy Wayne, an award-winning country music singer and New York Times best-selling author, gave the address at the undergraduate commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 6. He talked about his life, […]
Dr. Sherri Thomas to Speak at WWU Graduate Commencement
William Woods University is pleased to announce that Dr. Sherri Thomas, the principal at Lewis and Clark Middle School in Jefferson City, Missouri, will give the 2017 graduate commencement address on Saturday, May 6. “After many years in public education, Dr. Thomas is motivated, energetic, and desirous of sharing what she knows with fellow educators,” […]