CARBONDALE — The academic achievements of nearly 1,300 Southern Illinois University Carbondale students will be celebrated at fall 2018 commencement exercises on Dec. 15. 

The commencement ceremony for all colleges including the SIU School of Law begins at 2 p.m. at the SIU Arena.

Officials say there are 1,270 candidates for degrees: 969 for bachelor’s degrees, 215 for master’s degrees, 59 for doctoral degrees, 10 for law degrees and 17 for associate degrees.

The commencement ceremony is open to the public and tickets are not required. More information is available at commencement.siu.edu. The ceremony will be available via livestream by clicking on the “Watch Live” button on the commencement.siu.edu website.