Graduation

Winter Commencement
December 16, 2021
7:00pm 
Bartholomew Performing Arts Center

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Commencement Speaker:
​Mr. Darrel Sears

Darrel Sears is a York College graduate (‘01) and serves as the Senior Minister for the Church of Christ at Oakdale in Oklahoma City, which he helped plant in 2010. He is passionate about kingdom building, discipleship training, and living out the Greatest Commands to love God and his neighbors. Darrel and his wife, Beth (‘00), have served together in ministry along with their three children, Ben, Harrison, and Lauren in Illinois, Kansas, and Oklahoma. 

Darrel earned his Masters of Divinity from Oklahoma Christian University in 2016 and is working on his Doctorate of Ministry from Lipscomb University.

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Guests

The doors open at 6:00 PM for guests. No tickets are required. The event is open to the public, with seating on a first come first served basis. No reserved seating is permitted, with the exception of seating arranged before the event for individuals with special needs. To arrange special seating, please contact (402)363-5614.

Location

Bartholomew Performing Arts Center
1098 E 10th St #1000, York, NE 68467

Graduates

Your cap and gown will be ready to pick up starting March 31st from Melanie Towell on the second floor of the Mackey Center. However, if you do not live in York, your gown will be available the day of the ceremony. 

Graduates should meet in the Bartholomew Performing Arts Center at 9:15 am on May 1st, please enter through southwest door. For those of you receiving a master's or bachelor's degree please instruct your escort to be there at the same time. Master's and bachelor’s graduates will select one escort (father, mother, husband, wife, etc.) who will march with you into the auditorium. Your escort will carry your hood and will be seated next to you during the Commencement ceremony. No escorts are required for associate graduates. 

The ceremony will be live-streamed on our website.

You will be receiving more information by email. If you have any questions, please call or email Melanie Towell at mktowell@york.edu or Jared Leinen at jaleinen@york.edu.  

Watch Ceremony