300-plus COEHP Students ‘Walk’ in December

Mike Miller, professor of higher education in the College of Education and Health Professions, encourages Chris Bryson before the University of Arkansas' fall 2022 commencement at Bud Walton Arena. Bryson earned a Ph.D. in the interdisciplinary program of Public Policy. — Mike Miller, professor of higher education in the College of Education and Health Professions, encourages Chris Bryson before the University of Arkansas’ fall 2022 commencement at Bud Walton Arena. Bryson earned a Ph.D. in the interdisciplinary program of Public Policy.

Members of the faculty of the Department of Occupational Therapy are about to take their seats Dec. 17 in Bud Walton Arena for the University of Arkansas' fall 2022 commencement. — Members of the faculty of the new Department of Occupational Therapy are about to take their seats Dec. 17 in Bud Walton Arena for the University of Arkansas’ fall 2022 commencement. Saturday marked the graduation of OTD’s first cohort.

The University of Arkansas graduated nearly 1,400 Razorbacks from its colleges Saturday, Dec. 17. 2022. Among them were 321 students — 203 undergraduates and 118 graduate level — who had been enrolled in the College of Education and Health Professions.

The day also marked the graduation of students in the first cohort of the college’s new Department of Occupational Therapy. The program offers doctoral degrees.

COEHP was joined in the afternoon ceremony by the School of Law, Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design, College of Education and Health Professions, the Walton College of Business, and interdisciplinary graduate students, while the morning ceremony honored graduates of the Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences; Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences; and College of Engineering. Both rites were conducted in Bud Walton Arena.

Photos are by Elizabeth McKinley, COEHP assistant dean for Advising and Student Success.

Some faculty members of the Eleanor Mann School of Nursing prepare to enter Bud Walton Arena Dec. 17 for the University of Arkansas' fall 2022 commencement. — Some faculty members of the Eleanor Mann School of Nursing prepare to enter Bud Walton Arena Dec. 17 for the University of Arkansas’ fall 2022 commencement.

Speeches begin the fall 2022 commencement ceremonies Dec. 17 in Bud Walton Arena of the University of Arkansas.