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Home/Riverhawk News/Hudecki to Speak During NSU's Spring 2011 Commencement

Hudecki to Speak During NSU's Spring 2011 Commencement

Published: 2011-05-02 

Phyllis Hudecki, Oklahoma secretary of education, will be the speaker at NSUs Spring 2011 Commencement ceremonies on May 6-7 in Tahlequah.

The Tahlequah ceremonies are in Jack Dobbins Field House. The College of Education ceremony is May 6 at 7 p.m. On May 7 the College of Science and Health Professions and the College of Optometry begin their ceremony at 8:45 a.m. followed by the College of Business and Technology at 11:30 a.m. The final commencement is the College of Liberal Arts at 2:15 p.m.

Hudecki serves as executive director of the Oklahoma Business and Education Coalition, a business-led cooperative working to improve and strengthen education in Oklahoma.

Prior to assuming her role with OBEC in 2000, Hudecki served as associate director of the National Center for Research in Vocational Education at the University of California-Berkeley. During her career she has held positions with the Iowa, Missouri and Massachusetts departments of education and the U.S. Department of Education.

Named one of Fifty Women Making a Difference in Oklahoma, Hudecki is an inductee in the Hall of Fame at the Oklahoma State University College of Human Environmental Sciences. She is the 2010-2011 chair of the OSU Women in Leadership and Philanthropy Council and a member of the OSU Foundation Board of Governors.

Hudecki began her career as a teacher and has served as an assistant principal in Kansas City, Mo. She received her doctorate and baccalaureate in education from OSU.

NSU-Broken Arrow ceremony will hold its own commencement ceremony for all colleges on May 9 at the Union Multipurpose Activity Center at 7 p.m. Commencement speaker is Clarence Oliver, emeritus dean and faculty of the Oral Roberts University College of Education.

For the Spring and Summer 2011 terms, there are 1,340 students applying for graduation. There are 1,073 bachelor's applications, 240 master's and 27 doctorates. Education, psychology, business and criminal justice are the most bestowed four-year degrees and reading, speech language pathology and school administration account for the most masters degrees.