The 52nd Commencement at Wabash Valley College will be Friday, May 9 at 7:00 p.m. in the Spencer Sports Center. There will be 250 Associate degrees and certificates conferred in this year’s event which climaxes the academic year. Lora Smith will be receiving a Degree of Bachelor in Science in Business Administration from Franklin University. A Prelude of music by Marcia Woodcock, pianist, will be provided prior to the Processional. Marcia Woodcock, pianist, and Bill Hudson, trumpeter, will provide the music for the Processional and Recessional. Alexis Anne (Annie) Garner will perform the National Anthem. Annie is receiving an Associate in Science and Arts Degree. Presenting the degree and certificate candidates to Illinois Eastern Community Colleges Board of Trustees Member William C. Hudson, Jr., will be Dr. Matt Fowler, President of Wabash Valley College. Trustee Hudson will confer the degrees and certificates to the graduates. Kyle Peach, Radio-TV Broadcasting instructor, will announce the graduates. The Charge to the Class will be given by Dr. G. Andrew Fischer, IECC Community Colleges Board of Trustees Chairman, with the Response by Bethany Danielle Richards, Student Senate President. Bethany is receiving an Associate in Applied Science Degree in Marketing Business Management. She is a member of the Business Club, C.R.O.S.S. Club, Phi Theta Kappa, the national community college honor society, and was the recipient of the Dean Wilson Memorial Scholarship. Bethany is currently employed full-time at Andrews Oil Company. Diana Spear, Assistant Dean for Student Services, serves as Coordinator for Commencement. Included on the program will be recognition of Outstanding Transfer (Brenda Phegley) and Outstanding Career and Technical (Steve Hnetkovsky) faculty members by Steve Patberg, Dean of Instruction, and presentation of the Outstanding Transfer Student Scholarship (Christen Hudson) and the Outstanding Career and Technical Student Scholarship (Cassie Billington). These Scholarship recipients will serve as Honor Marshals who will lead the graduates in the Processional. Robin Dean, President of the Wabash Valley College Foundation, and Robert Bethards, Foundation Scholarship Chairman and a Past President, will present the Foundation Scholarships. A Reception, hosted by the Wabash Valley College Foundation, will be held in honor of the graduates in the Red Café in the David L. Hart Student Center immediately following the Commencement. All parents and friends are invited to attend the Commencement and Reception.
Posted on: Thu, 01 May 2014 15:35:42 +0000
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