A total of 1,348 students -- 1,092 undergraduate and 256 master's and specialist students -- will receive degrees at Southeast Missouri State University's spring commencement exercises at 2 p.m. May 17 at the Show Me Center, according to a university news release.

Dr. Muriel Howard, president of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities, will deliver the commencement address.

Twenty-seven undergraduate students with perfect 4.0 grade-point averages will be honored at commencement, the release said.

An honors convocation, with an address from Dr. Walt Lilly, will be at 10:30 a.m. at the Show Me Center to honor 422 undergraduates. Lilly is a professor in the Department of Biology at Southeast and the 2013 recipient of the University's PRIDE Award.

The Southeast Missouri Symphony Orchestra, directed by professor of music Sara Edgerton, will perform during the ceremony. Riley Camp of Bonne Terre, Mo., will sing the "Star Spangled Banner," and Joseph Moore of Cape Girardeau will sing the alma mater.

Pertinent address:

Show Me Center, Cape Girardeau, Mo.