St. Gregory's University graduates 64 for fall term

degrees conferred by SGU president,  the Rev. Lawrence Stasyszen, OSB. Father Charles Buckley, the university's vice president for Academic Affairs, delivered the commencement address. The valedictory was given by Lorena Rivas, who almost did not make the ceremony. She had given birth on Wednesday to her first child.

Sixty-four students were awarded diplomas as mid-year graduates on Friday, Dec. 16, at Saint Gregory's University in Shawnee, Oklahoma's only Catholic university.

There were 47 bachelors degrees and 17 associate

Lorena Rivas- Valedictorian

"I've heard many reasons given for missing final exams," said Father Lawrence. "This one was certainly worthy."

SGU's Father Buckley (left) and Father Stasyszen.

Mid-term graduates of the class of 2005 march into position on Friday, Dec. 16, at Saint Gregory's University, Shawnee, Okla.

On stage, from left to right, are Abbot Martin Lugo, Father Charles Buckley, and Father Lawrence Stasyszen. All are Benedictine monks.  Monks of the Benedictine order founded Saint Gregory's in 1875.