I was selected to give the main commencement speech at the final graduation, and what follows is the transcript of the speech that I gave that night. So, I was awarded the degree in 2010, and then I accepted it at the last graduation, which occurred just a few weeks ago during the United Astrology Conference in New Orleans. When the news broke in 2010 that Kepler was losing its accreditation I checked to see how many credits I had completed during my time there, and it turned out that before I left I had earned enough credits for an associate degree.
As a result of Kepler I developed an interest in studying the history and transmission of ancient astrology, and I left the program in order to spend more time studying Hellenistic astrology at the translation project that I was living at at the time. I spent time studying at Kepler from 2003-2006, working on a bachelor’s degree right after I finished high school. While this was the last graduation under Kepler’s state authorized accreditation program, the school continues to offer an unaccredited certificate program in astrological studies.
Over the past two years the last group of students who were already enrolled in the program were given a chance to finish their degrees.
Kepler lost its ability to grant accredited degrees after some laws were changed in the state of Washington in 2010. The final graduation ceremony for Kepler College of Astrological Arts and Sciences took place on Sunday, May 27, 2012, starting at 8:00 PM in New Orleans, Louisiana.