By Sean Nealon, OSU release - CORVALLIS, Ore. – Oregon State University will graduate a record 8,785 students during its university-wide commencement ceremony Saturday, June 13, at Reser Stadium.  More than 4,700 students are expected to participate in the ceremony that will honor the university’s 157th class. The event is free to attend, open to the public and held rain or shine.  Gates will open at 9 a.m., and tickets are not required. Commencement will be livestreamed in English and Spanish beginning at 10 a.m. on the commencement website. The ceremony is expected to begin at 11 a.m.  The 8,785 graduates will receive 9,003 degrees. (There will be 211 students receiving two degrees, two receiving three degrees and one student receiving four degrees.) They will add to the ranks of OSU alumni, who have earned 312,543 degrees during the university’s history.  The commencement address will be given by Jade Carey, an Olympic gold medalist, former Oregon State University student-athlete and graduate of the class of 2026.  Katharine Jefferts Schori, an Oregon State alumna and the first woman to lead the Episcopal Church in the United States and beyond, as the first female primate in the worldwide Anglican Communion, will be presented with an honorary doctorate. She began her career as an oceanographer, earning a master’s degree and doctorate in oceanography from Oregon State.  The university-wide commencement ceremony held in Corvallis on June 13 celebrates all OSU graduates, including Ecampus, the university’s online education provider, and OSU-Cascades graduates. OSU-Cascades’ commencement ceremony for graduates attending OSU-Cascades will be held in Bend on June 14. OSU-Cascades students are welcome to attend both ceremonies.  Some facts and figures about Oregon State’s class of 2026:  Of the 9,003 degrees that will be awarded, 7,093 will go to students receiving bachelor’s degrees; 1,400, master’s degrees; 307, doctor of philosophy degrees; 69, doctor of pharmacy degrees; 78, doctor of veterinary medicine degrees; and 14, doctor of education.  OSU’s 2025 graduates represent 35 of Oregon’s 36 counties, 50 states and 72 countries.  A total of 2,405 identify as Asian; 354, Latinx; 346, First Nations, including Alaskan Native; 326, Black or African American; and 191, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander.  The oldest graduate is 81 years old; the youngest is 18 years old.  The graduating class includes 269 veterans of U.S. military service.  A record 2,553 students in 73 academic degree programs earned degrees through Ecampus. OSU Ecampus serves students in all 50 states and more than 50 countries.  OSU-Cascades will award 380 degrees. Of those, 284 will go to students receiving bachelor’s degrees and 96 receiving graduate degrees.  OSU’s Honors College is graduating 327 students.  The graduating class includes 1,448 students who are the first in their family to earn a college degree; 4,664 Oregon residents; and 4,121 non-resident students, including 670 international students.  The College of Engineering has the most graduates with 2,160, followed by: College of Liberal Arts (1,391); College of Business (979); College of Science (831); College of Agricultural Sciences (601); College of Health (505); College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences (273); College of Forestry (258); and College of Education (95).