Andrea Lashaye Leonard of Brownwood graduates from HPU

2014 Jun 12

Andrea Lashaye Leonard of Brownwood was one of 142 graduates to receive a degree from Howard Payne University in Brownwood at the university's Commencement held at the close of the spring 2014 semester.

Leonard graduated with a Bachelor of Science in elementary education (early childhood - grade 6).

Founded in 1889, Howard Payne University is a Christ-centered academic community dedicated to excellence by developing and equipping the whole person for intellectual inquiry, personal and professional integrity, and service to God and humanity.

Located in Brownwood, Texas, HPU offers a full array of undergraduate programs and a limited number of graduate programs in a traditional residential academic community. The university also offers selected undergraduate and graduate course work by electronic means and at extended learning centers in El Paso, Texas, and New Braunfels, Texas. HPU maintains a low student-to-faculty ratio, which contributes to the university's reputation of being "a place where everybody is somebody."