DURANT, Okla. – Graduates, families and friends celebrated Friday morning at the first of three in-person commencements scheduled over the weekend at Southeastern Oklahoma State University.

The Spring 2021 graduating class includes students from 38 states and 19 countries. Forty-nine percent are first-generation graduates— the first in their families to receive a college degree.

All three ceremonies are at Paul Laird Field on the Durant campus.

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By Dan Hoke

Southeastern president Thomas Newsom offers congratulations to a graduate.