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Gwinnett University Center CEO to speak at Graduate School Commencement
By Larry B. Dendy
ldendy@uga.edu

James Muyskens, chief executive officer of the Gwinnett University Center, will be the speaker at commencement for graduate students at the University of Georgia May 12.
The ceremony, at 2:30 p.m. in Stegeman Coliseum, is for candidates for master’s, doctoral and specialist degrees. An estimated 900 students are eligible to receive graduate degrees.
Commencement for undergraduate students will be held at 9:30 a.m. the same day in Sanford Stadium, or in Stegeman Coliseum in case of rain. Gov. Roy Barnes will speak at the undergraduate ceremony.
Muyskens also holds the position of dean of the faculty at the Gwinnett University Center, an innovative new campus in Gwinnett County that was created as a partnership among UGA, Georgia Perimeter College and the University System of Georgia.
Muyskens was the senior vice chancellor for academic affairs for the University System of Georgia for four years. He joined the Gwinnett University Center in 1999.
Muyskens, whose academic field is philosophy, began his professional career at Hunter College of the City University of New York. He was dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Kansas before coming to Georgia.
He earned a bachelor’s degree from Central College in Iowa, a master’s degree in divinity from Princeton Theological Seminary, and a doctorate from the University of Michigan. He is author of several books and numerous articles on the topics of ethics and the philosophy of religion.
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