EVANSVILLE — More than 1,530 students will graduate from Ivy Tech Community College Evansville at 7 p.m. Friday at the Ford Center.Of those, Ivy Tech said, 653 will graduate with honors. Nearly 200 students in the Class of 2026 have earned a 4.0 GPA.Noting that commencement coincides with National Nursing Week, Ivy Tech said nearly 100 nursing students will graduate alongside 290 graduates in healthcare fields who have earned 421 credentials between them.
“Most have already secured positions with local healthcare providers and will begin their careers immediately following graduation,” Ivy Tech stated in an announcement. “Additionally, 310 graduates completed their degrees with full or partial employer support through programs such as Achieve Your Degree at Ivy Tech and the Building Trades Apprenticeship Program.”According to Chancellor Daniela Vidal, 661 high school students in Ivy Tech Evansville’s 10-county service area have earned college credentials before graduating from high school.“These students looked at their future and decided not to wait,” Vidal said. “They stepped into college before many of their peers had even considered applying.”
Ivy Tech’s 2026 Commencement guest speaker will be Matthew Nix, president and CEO of Nix Companies Inc.The event’s student speaker will be Hilary Salas, a graduate of the Associate Accelerated Program. Salas graduates summa cum laude. She has been named the 2026 Outstanding Graduate in Liberal Arts.
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Reporting by Thomas B. Langhorne, Evansville Courier & Press / Evansville Courier & Press
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