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Lindsey Wilson University to Hold Record Winter Commencement Dec. 13

A total of 974 degrees will be conferred at Lindsey Wilson's first commencement ceremony as a university.

by Duane Bonifer

COLUMBIA, Ky. (12/08/2025) — Lindsey Wilson University will hold its 122nd commencement ceremony on Saturday, Dec. 13, in Biggers Sports Center.

It will be Lindsey Wilson's first commencement ceremony since the school became Lindsey Wilson University on July 1, and it will also be the largest graduating class in the school's 122-year history.

A total of 974 degrees will be conferred on Dec. 13, including 121 undergraduate degrees, 851 graduate degrees and two doctorates.

To accommodate the large crowd, the university will hold two ceremonies. The first ceremony will be held at 10 a.m. CT Dec. 13 in Biggers Sports Center. It will feature graduates who attended the A.P. White Campus in Columbia, LWC Online or one of the extended campuses.

The commencement address will be given by Adia Guidry, who will earn a master of counseling in education. A California native, Guidry is currently stationed in Germany. She holds a bachelor's degree in psychology and has worked with children through teaching and creative arts.

Guidry has illustrated three children's books, which she said deepened her belief in the power of storytelling. As a military spouse with three children, Guidry said her passion for counseling grew through witnessing what she said are "the unspoken burdens families often carry."

The second ceremony will be held at 2 p.m. CT Dec. 13 in Biggers Sports Center. That ceremony will celebrate students who attended the graduate hybrid program.

The commencement address will be delivered by Siddhart Maduri, who will earn a master's degree in technology management. Maduri, who holds a bachelor's degree in computer science, comes from a family of educators -- his mother is a professor and his father is a professor-turned-businessman. Maduri said he plans to use his master's degree to start a business and become a pioneer in his field.

Both winter commencement ceremonies will be shown on closed-circuit television in the Norma & Glen Hodge Center for Discipleship, 402 Helen Flatt Drive. The ceremony will also be available via livestream on the Lindsey Wilson YouTube channel.

For more information about Lindsey Wilson's 2025 winter commencement ceremony, contact the Registrar's Office at registrar@lindsey.edu or 270-384-8025.

Lindsey Wilson University is a vibrant liberal arts university in Columbia, Kentucky. Founded in 1903 and affiliated with The United Methodist Church, the mission of Lindsey Wilson is to serve the educational needs of students by providing a living-learning environment within an atmosphere of active caring and Christian concern where every student, every day, learns and grows and feels like a real human being. Lindsey Wilson offers 28 undergraduate majors, five graduate programs and a doctoral program. The university's 29 intercollegiate varsity athletic teams have won more than 120 team and individual national championships.

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Lindsey Wilson University student Lilly Campbell ’26 of Davenport, Iowa, takes graduation pictures of brothers Kaden Tibbitts, left, and Keegan, both of Simpsonville, Kentucky, on the afternoon of Dec. 3 in front of the L.R. McDonald Administration Building. Lindsey Wilson will award a record 974 undergraduate and graduate degrees at its 2025 winter commencement, to be held at 10 a.m. CT and at 2 p.m. CT on Saturday, Dec. 13.

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