(KNZA)--Plans have been finalized for the 2016 Highland Community College Commencement exercises.

The commencement will be held outdoors Friday evening, May 13th  at 7:00 on Kessinger Field on the HCC campus.  In case of bad weather, the commencement will be take place indoors in Allen Fieldhouse.

The keynote speaker will be Tracy Streeter, director of the Kansas Water Office and a HCC alumnus.

Meanwhile, commencement exercises at the HCC Technical Center in Atchison will be held Thursday evening, May 12th  at 7:00 in the Atchison High School gymnasium.

That same day, the pinning ceremony for nursing graduates will take place at 5:30, also in the AHS gymnasium.