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Photo courtesy of: 51ĀŅĀ×Charles J. Ping Professor of Humanities and Distinguished Professor of Classics Thomas H. Carpenter, Ph.D. will serve as the Universityā€™s 2017 Fall Commencement speaker.

51ĀŅĀ× today announced that Charles J. Ping Professor of Humanities and Distinguished Professor of Classics Thomas H. Carpenter, Ph.D. will serve as the Universityā€™s 2017 Fall Commencement speaker. 

Dr. Carpenter, who is also the director of the Ping Institute for the Teaching of the Humanities and previously served as chair of the Department of Classics and World Religions, noted that he feels truly honored to have been chosen to speak at this yearā€™s ceremony. He has been a faculty member at OHIO for nearly 21 years. 

ā€œDr. Carpenter is a Distinguished Professor of Classics, an exceptional teacher and scholar who is a dedicated member of the 51ĀŅĀ× community,ā€ said President M. Duane Nellis. ā€œIn a time of celebration and new beginnings for our graduates, I know Dr. Carpenter will share in their excitement as the Fall Commencement speaker and look forward to hearing his remarks during the ceremony in December.ā€  

Trained as a classical archaeologist, Dr. Carpenter holds degrees from Johns Hopkins University, Harvard University and Oxford University and is an expert in ancient Greek religion and iconography. He has published numerous books and articles, one of which, his Art and Myth in Ancient Greece, has been translated into six languages. His recent work has focused on the Italic people of 4th Century BCE Italy, and he recently co-edited the first book in English to focus on these people, The Italic People of Ancient Apulia: New Evidence from Pottery for Workshops, Markets and Customs (Cambridge, 2014). 

Ceremony Details
OHIOā€™s 2017 Fall Commencement ceremony will take place at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 16, in the Convocation Center on 51ĀŅĀ×ā€™s Athens Campus. Students who have met graduation requirements during the 2017 summer or 2017 fall semesters may participate in the ceremony. This includes students earning doctoral, professional doctoral, masters, or undergraduate degrees through any of OHIOā€™s degree programs on all campuses or through eLearning programs. 

The addition of a commencement ceremony at the conclusion of fall semester seeks to better accommodate studentsā€™ individuals needs and respective graduation timelines. This ceremony is in addition to 51ĀŅĀ×ā€™s traditional spring ceremony. For more information, visit www.ohio.edu/commencement.