MANHATTAN — Several students will take on special roles at Kansas State University commencement ceremonies on Friday, Dec. 7, and Saturday, Dec. 8.

Local student Rachael Gros of LaCrosse, master’s student in music, will play the processional and recessional at commencements for the College of Business Administration at 11:30 a.m., College of Agriculture at 1 p.m. and College of Human Ecology at 2:30 p.m., all Dec. 8 in Bramlage Coliseum.