Florida Gulf Coast University expects to graduate more than 1,100 students during spring commencement exercises 2 p.m., Sunday, May 2 at Germain Arena located at 11000 Everblades Parkway, in Estero.

Tickets will be required of all guests. Participating graduates have been allocated tickets to provide to their guests. Members of the media will gain entry by presenting proper credentials.

The commencement ceremony will be viewable via webcast at the following link: www.fgcu.edu beginning at 2 p.m.

FGCU alumnus Dr. John Little delivers the commencement address to graduates and more than 5,800 family members and guests.

Little earned an Executive MBA. from FGCU in 2003. He currently serves on the FGCU Foundation Board of Directors.

FGCU President Wilson G. Bradshaw confers bachelor’s and master’s degrees in the University’s five academic colleges: Arts and Sciences, Education, Health Professions, Lutgert College of Business and Professional Studies. FGCU has conferred more than 10,000 degrees since the fall of 1997. The commencement ceremony lasts approximately two and one half hours.