By Elizabeth Clarke, LCU News PINEVILLE, La. (LCU News) – Louisiana Christian University will hold baccalaureate and commencement ceremonies, May 8 and 9, for 195 graduating students. The festivities will begin on Friday evening with a baccalaureate service at First Baptist Church, Pineville, at 6 p.m. Stewart Holloway, pastor of First Baptist Pineville, will offer a charge to the graduating class. The ceremony will be followed by a toast to the graduates at the president’s home on campus. “This gives students one more opportunity to worship together before they graduate,” said LCU President Mark Johnson. The following day, commencement exercises will take place inside Guinn Auditorium with two ceremonies. The 10 a.m. ceremony includes the undergraduates who are earning degrees from the School of Sciences, Computing and Artificial Intelligence, the School of Christian Studies, the College of Health and Professional Programs, the Schools of Humanities and Social Sciences and the School of Media, Communication and Fine Arts. The 2 p.m. ceremony includes the undergraduates and graduate students from the Ray and Dorothy Young School of Business, the School of Education and the School of Social Work. There will be 124 … [Read more...]