GROVE CITY, Pa. - Grove City College President Richard G. Jewell ’67 recently announced the speakers for the 2006 Baccalaureate and Commencement ceremonies on the Grove City College campus May 19 and 20, respectively. Chief of Naval Operations and member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen will be the Commencement speaker, and the Rev. Dr. M. Craig Barnes will address about 550 graduates at Baccalaureate.

The weekend will begin with Baccalaureate at 7 p.m. May 19, in an outdoor ceremony on the Quad between Harbison Chapel and Crawford Hall. Location in the case of inclement weather will be the Arena of the Physical Learning Center.

Barnes was raised on Long Island, N.Y. After graduating from The King’s College and Princeton Seminary, he received a Ph.D. in the History of Christianity from the University of Chicago. In 1981, he was ordained into the Presbyterian Church and has served parishes in Colorado, Wisconsin and Washington, D.C. In the fall of 2002, he became the Robert Meneilly Professor of Pastoral Ministry at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, and subsequently began his service as the installed pastor of the Shadyside Presbyterian Church in November 2003.

Barnes’ published books include “Yearning,” “When God Interrupts,” “Hustling God,” “Sacred Thirst,” “Extravagant Mercy” and “Searching for Home.” He is also a regular contributor to The Christian Century and Leadership Journal.

Adm. Mullen will speak at Commencement ceremonies at 10 a.m. May 20 in an outdoor ceremony on the Quad. Rain location is the Arena.

A native of Los Angeles, Calif., Mullen graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1968. He received a Master of Science degree in Operations Research from the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, Calif. He is also a graduate of the Advanced Management Program at the Harvard Business School.

Mullen has served in Allied, Joint and Navy positions, overseas and in both the Atlantic and Pacific fleets. At sea, he first served on the USS Collett and the USS Blandy. He then served as Commanding Officer of the USS Noxubee, USS Goldsborough and USS Yorktown. As a Flag Officer, he commanded Cruiser-Destroyer Group Two and the George Washington Battle Group. Mullen’s last command at sea was as Commander, U.S. Second Fleet/ Commander, NATO Striking Fleet Atlantic.

Ashore, Mullen served as Company Officer and Executive Assistant to the Commandant of Midshipmen at the U.S. Naval Academy. He also served in the Bureau of Naval Personnel as Director, Surface Officer Distribution and in the Office of the Secretary of Defense on the staff of the Director, Operational Test and Evaluation. On the Chief of Naval Operations’ staff, Mullen served as Deputy Director and Director of Surface Warfare; Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Resources, Requirements and Assessments; and as the 32nd Vice Chief of Naval Operations.

Mullen’s most recent operational assignment was Commander, Joint Force Command Naples/Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe. Based in Naples, Italy, he had operational responsibility for NATO missions in the Balkans, Iraq and the Mediterranean as well as providing overall command, operational control and coordination of U.S. naval forces in the European Command area of responsibility. Mullen became the 28th Chief of Naval Operations on July 22, 2005.