Thursday, May 10, 2012

Randolph Community College Curriculum Graduation Ceremony Celebrates 50th Anniversary

Randolph Community College’s 2012 Curriculum Graduation ceremony celebrated the school’s 50th Anniversary with three special graduation speakers and the participation of 50 alumni graduates who robed and led the processional.
           
Keynote speakers for the ceremony were Dr. R. Scott Ralls, president of the North Carolina Community College System; North Carolina Senator Jerry Tillman; and Dr. Stuart B. Fountain, vice chair of the State Board of Community Colleges. Also making brief remarks was Dr. Lacy M. Presnell Jr., former Randolph County Schools superintendent (1961-1969) and the keynote speaker at RCC’s first formal graduation in 1964.
           
Dr. Robert S. Shackleford Jr., RCC president, gave the welcome, and Shane Bryson, Student Government Association president, made opening remarks.
           
The Curriculum ceremony took place at 7 p.m., May 9, at Asheboro High School gymnasium with approximately 223 students walking in the ceremony out of 459 associate degree, diploma, and certificate candidates this year.
           
The conferring of the degrees, diplomas and certificates was handled by F. Mac Sherrill, chairman of the RCC Board of Trustees. Faculty marshals for the 2012 ceremony were Jennifer L. Macy, Maria B. LeBaron, and Patrick Pardee.
           
RCC Student Ambassadors M. Todd Allman, Robert J. Cheek, Albert M. Jones, and Jon K. Tostoe served as graduation marshals.

For a complete list of graduates, go to http://www.randolph.edu/newevents/2012/2012-05-10.php.

To see photos of the event, go to RCC's Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Randolph-Community-College/193586950401?ref=ts.

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