Nine hundred sixty seven students are graduating from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Campuses in Arizona, Florida and Singapore during 2019 fall commencement ceremonies.
Prescott, Arizona Campus
Two hundred forty four students representing Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s Prescott and Worldwide Campuses will graduate at the university’s Fall 2019 Commencement Ceremony on Saturday, Dec. 14, at 9 a.m. at the Findlay Toyota Center in Prescott Valley, Ariz. ROTC commissioning ceremonies will also take place during fall commencement.
The Prescott Campus Commencement guest speaker will be Arlando S. Teller, State Representative for District 7 in the Arizona House of Representatives. Teller, an Embry-Riddle Aviation Business Administration graduate (’95) has worked for the City of Phoenix’s Aviation Department, the California Department of Transportation, and the Navajo Nation’s Division of Transportation.
Daytona Beach, Florida Campus
The undergraduate commencement ceremony for both the Daytona Beach Campus and Worldwide students attending the Florida graduation will take place on Monday, Dec. 16, 10 a.m., at the Ocean Center, Daytona Beach. Four hundred eighty three undergraduates will receive bachelor’s degrees.
Former NASA astronaut and retired U.S. Navy Capt. Pierre J. Thuot will deliver the keynote address at the Daytona Beach Campus undergraduate Commencement. Thuot has orbited the earth 437 times while logging 654 hours in space on three separate missions — aboard Space Shuttles Atlantis in 1990, Endeavor in 1992 and Columbia in 1994. This included 17 hours of space walks, which earned him the U.S. national and absolute world records for extravehicular duration in space, which he held from 1992-2001. Thout is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy and TOPGUN, the Navy’s Strike Fighter Tactics Instructor Program.
One hundred thirty five students will receive graduate degrees, including 10 students receiving doctoral degrees, at the hooding and commencement ceremony Monday afternoon, Dec. 16 at 3 p.m. in the ICI Center on the Daytona Beach Campus.
Embry-Riddle Associate Professor of Aviation Maintenance Science Mitch Geraci will deliver the graduate commencement address. Geraci joined Embry-Riddle in 2006 after more than 17 years with United Airlines. He holds a Master of Science in Aeronautics from Embry-Riddle.
Commissioning Ceremonies for ROTC units at the Daytona Beach Campus are also scheduled:
- Army ROTC on Friday, Dec. 13, 10 a.m.
- Air Force ROTC on Tuesday, Dec. 17, 10 a.m.
- Navy ROTC, Tuesday, Dec. 17, 1 p.m.
Embry-Riddle Worldwide Asia, Singapore Campus
The Worldwide Asia Commencement Ceremony took place Friday, Dec. 6 at the Singapore Aviation Academy. The fall graduating class of 105 brings the total number of graduates from the Embry-Riddle Worldwide Asia Campus to over 500 since the first commencement in 2012.
