LDS Business College’s 123^rd Commencement will be held Thurs., April 15, in the Assembly Hall on Temple Square. President J. Lawrence Richards will conduct the event. The academic processional begins at 1:45 p.m.; the program begins at 2 p.m. A reception for graduates and their guests will be held at the Triad Campus, 95 North 300 West, following commencement exercises. Graduates are asked to be gowned and lined up by 1:00 p.m. in the basement of the Tabernacle; enter Door 2. More information can be obtained at the Registrar's office.

Elder Richard J. Maynes of the First Quorum of Seventy and executive director of the Family History Department will deliver the keynote address. Student speakers for the program are AnJeannette Blau from Clearfield, Utah, and Austin Stark from Salt Lake City, Utah. Both will graduate with accounting degrees. Businessman Steven T. Woolley, CEO of 98-2 Enterprises and former executive of REMAX International, Inc., will receive the 2010 Distinguished Alumnus Award, the highest award given by the College.

Seating at the Assembly Hall is available on a first come, first served basis; no tickets will be distributed.

This year’s graduates will receive 278 two-year degrees and 127 certificates.  Students may earn two-year Associate of Applied Science degrees, Associate of Science transfer degrees, and/or one-year certificates. The most popular degrees are Business, General Studies, and Interior Design.

Overall enrollment this year averaged 1,700 students. Students come from all 50 states and nearly 70 countries.   Seventy-three percent of students are under 25 years of age. Nearly all students—99 percent—are members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Fourteen percent are married. Gender distribution of graduates is 138 males, 149 females. This year’s youngest graduate is 19 years old; the oldest, 55.    

The college offers programs in accounting, business and business administrative support, entrepreneurship, health professions, information systems, paralegal studies, interior design, and two-year Associate of Science transfer degrees in General Studies or Business.  The mission of the College is to prepare students for the job market with a skills-oriented education in an LDS environment. Resident tuition per semester is $1,400.

All students agree to live by an honor code that encourages modest dress, personal integrity, moral cleanliness, honest conduct, and abstention from alcohol, tobacco, coffee, tea, and illegal drugs. The college was founded Nov. 15, 1886 by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which owns the institution. Karl G. Maeser was the founding principal.

Administrative officers include: J. Larry Richards, president; Carolyn S. Brown, vice president for academic affairs, development and accreditation; Jerry M. Bryan, vice president of administration and liaison; R. Brent Cherrington, chief information officer; Craig V. Nelson, vice president of public affairs and advancement; and Bob H. Wiser, vice president of finance and controller. Prominent faculty and alumni include: James E. Talmage, LDS apostle, scholar, principal from 1888 to 1892; Willard Young, son of Brigham Young, principal from 1905 to 1915; Bryant S. and Ada Bitner Hinckley, faculty members in early 1900s, parents of LDS Church President Gordon B. Hinckley,  (Bryant S. was also a college principal); Evan Stephens, music teacher and composer, LDS hymns; Richard L. Evans, “Music and the Spoken Word,” Class of 1923; Monte C. Nelson, Owner of H&R Block franchises, Class of 1948; Albert Choules, vice president Coltrin & Associates, Class of 1949; Marilyn S. Bateman, wife of former BYU president Merrill J. Bateman, Class of 1958; John Simcox, Owner of Bullock and Loosee Jewelers, Class of 1970; Keith Clark, vice president, marketing, Nevada Blue Cross & Blue Shield, Class of 1983; Church leaders Bruce R. McConkie, Royden G. Derrick, and Marvin J. Ashton.