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President Robert Spencer speaking.

SSU Commencement, 1972

Overhead view of the ceremony.

June 10, 1972: on the second anniversary of groundbreaking. SSU held its first commencement at the Highway Administration Building (now IDOT) building on Dirksen Parkway. 254 students received bachelors' degrees, and 203 received masters' degrees.