WM teacher Tami Fitzgerald speaks at MU's spring commencement Staff Report NEW CONCORD — Muskingum University held its 29th graduate commencement ceremony virtually on May 6. Degrees were presented to the university’s inaugural graduating class of the Master of Occupational Therapy program and to the graduating classes of the longstanding Master of Arts in Teaching, Master of Education and Master of Information Strategy, Systems and Technology programs. Distinguished educator Tami Bowling Fitzgerald addressed the graduates as principal speaker and was presented with an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree. A National Board Certified Teacher and State of Ohio Master Teacher, Fitzgerald taught science for 34 years at West Muskingum High School and a variety of education courses as an adjunct professor at Muskingum University. She has served as a teaching ambassador fellow at the U.S. Department of Education, helped develop a STEM Mentoring Café program with the U.S. Departments of Education and Energy and represented science teachers at the White House STEM Master Teacher Corps Roundtable.