More than 280 students will graduate from Washington State University Tri-Cities on May 4. The ceremony is at 1 p.m. at the Toyota Center in Kennewick. 

The students include graduates from the fall 2023 and spring 2024 terms.  

Among them are 12 doctoral candidates, 24 master’s candidates and 250-plus bachelor’s candidates. They’ll receive degrees in everything from biology to viticulture and enology. 

The graduation ceremony is free to attend, and tickets aren’t required. 

WSU Tri-Cities Chancellor Sandra Haynes will give opening remarks, and retired Lockheed Martin vice president and community leader Frank Armijo will give the keynote address.  

An honorary doctorate degree will be presented to Patricia Whitefoot, a member of the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation and a leader in Native education.