CCU graduation shifts indoors because of Subtropical Storm Ana

Abiding with tradition, the faculty applaud and embrace the graduates at the end of the first of four separate commencement ceremonies as students from the E. Craig Wall Sr. College of Business Administration at Coastal Carolina University graduate in the HTC Center on Friday. The graduation ceremony was divided according to colleges and relocated from Brooks Stadium on Saturday. The reason for the multiple events is the threat of Subtropical Storm Ana. All the ceremonies are to be held at the HTC Center located at 104 Founders Drive on the CCU campus. Janet Blackmon Morgan jblackmon@thesunnews.com

Two down, two to go.

Subtropical storm Ana forced Coastal Carolina University to shift its commencement usually held outdoors at Brooks Stadium into four ceremonies at the HTC Center, with two ceremonies Friday and two more on tap Saturday.

Scheduled commencement speaker Michael J. Gerson, the former speechwriter for President George W. Bush, will appear only at the Saturday morning ceremony. University spokeswoman Martha Hunn said the deans of the other three colleges will speak at their respective ceremonies.

By the numbers

4 | Commencement services

1,121 | Students eligible for graduation

6 | Graduates with 4.0 GPAs

218 | Business graduates

215 | Education graduates

255 | Humanities graduates

381 | Science graduates

52 | University College graduates

1 | Planned commencement speaker

3 | Deans serving as fill-in commencement speakers

This story was originally published May 8, 2015 at 5:58 PM with the headline "CCU graduation shifts indoors because of Subtropical Storm Ana."

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