Kimberly Kuo, senior vice president for public affairs at Coca-Cola Consolidated, will be the speaker for the 2016 Sterling College Commencement ceremony. The ceremony will take place on Saturday, May 14, at 9:45 a.m. on East Cooper Lawn on the Sterling College campus. The event is open to the public.

Sterling College has announced that it will hold the first Great Plains Annual Photography Competition, a juried show for high school students, in April. All high school students may submit pieces to the photography competition, which offers scholarships and prizes for the winning photographs. The deadline for submissions has been extended to April 29.