More than 700 to receive degrees at Louisiana-Monroe

MONROE - More than 700 degrees will be awarded Saturday at the University of Louisiana Monroe's Fall commencement.President Dr. Nick J. Bruno will confer degrees beginning at 10 a.m. in Fant-Ewing Coliseum.ULM alumni Dr. LaVelle Hendricks, an associate professor in the Psychology, Counseling, and Special Education Department at Texas A&M University-Commerce, Texas, will serve as the commencement speaker.Hendricks says he looks forward to deliver a speech that centers on the topic "To whom m