By TARA OWEN
News Editor
Northwestern Oklahoma State University fall commencement ceremony will be held on Sunday Dec. 8 at 2:30 p.m. Percefull Fieldhouse.
Judith Ridgeway will be speaking at her alma mater as she will be delivering the commencement address.
Ridgeway graduated from Northwestern with two degrees in science and a degree in psychology and sociology in 1970. While on campus, she sang with the campus singers.
Born in Missouri, Ridgeway then moved in with her aunt Aurice Huguley at a young age. Huguley worked as a finance officer at Northwestern for 43 years.
After graduation, Ridgeway earned a Juris Doctorate in Law from the University of Oklahoma in 1975.
She then began her career as an attorney.
She also taught classes and hosted lectures at OU from 1993 until 2005. Ridgeway retired in 2011 from being an attorney.
