MARQUETTE, MI— Northern Michigan University’s spring commencement ceremony will take place Saturday at the Superior Dome in Marquette.
About 1,140 students are eligible to graduate, and around 1,049 will march.
Former Northern Michigan University theater student and Broadway veteran Leah Hocking will serve as the keynote speaker. The Marquette native will also receive an honorary Doctor of Theater Studies degree.
Rosalva Brito, a criminal justice major and Spanish minor from Chicago, will deliver the student commencement address.
The ceremony will begin at 10:30 a.m. It will be broadcast live on WNMU-TV and on the NMU Commencement page.
