KPC graduation tonight

Kenai Peninsula College will hold its 30th annual commencement tonight at 7 at the Kenai Central High School Auditorium.

Donna Peterson, superintendent of the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District, will be the guest speaker.

University of Alaska Anchorage Chancellor Edward Lee Gorsuch also is scheduled to address the graduates and their guests. University Board of Regents member Brian Rogers will confer the degrees.

More than 80 graduates are due to receive diplomas. Degrees conferred include bachelors' degrees from UAA, two-year associate degrees, one-year certificates, welding certificates and General Education Development diplomas. Four students will be recognized for earning advanced master of education degrees.

Awards will be given to outstanding students, staff and faculty.

Kenai Peninsula College in Soldotna is a branch campus of the University of Alaska Anchorage.

Graduation is open to the public, but seating is limited. A reception follows at the Kenai Senior Center.