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Fall Semester Graduation

December 1, 2003

CARROLLTON, GA - The University of West Georgia will conduct two commencement ceremonies on Saturday, Dec. 13. Students from the Graduate School and undergraduates from the Richards College of Business will obtain their diplomas at 9:30 a.m. while undergraduate students from the College of Arts and Sciences and the College of Education will march at 1 p.m. Both ceremonies will take place in the HPE Building on campus.

When the University converted to semesters, the number of commencement ceremonies was reduced from four to three. This created an overflow crowd for the December ceremony held indoors. For the comfort and safety of graduates and their guests, the crowd is reduced by hosting separate ceremonies.

Dr. Beheruz N. Sethna, president, will preside at both events. Traditionally, students representing each college present the commencement address at the December ceremony.

Speakers at the morning ceremony from the Graduate School will be Amna Khan-Hickman of Newnan, College of Arts and Sciences; Carole Golden of Hiram, Richards College of Business; Mark Parrish of Carrollton, College of Education; and undergraduate speaker Melanie George of Carrollton, Richards College of Business.

Afternoon speakers are Brian Bockelman of Snellville and Meagan Potts of Cochran, College of Arts and Sciences; Erin Dorman of Bowdon and Mary Stubbs of Carrollton, College of Education.

Assisting Sethna during the ceremonies will be Dr. Thomas J. Hynes, vice president for academic affairs; Dr. Jack Jenkins, graduate school dean; Dr. Jack Johnson, dean emeritus of the Richards College of Business; Dr. Kent Layton, dean of the College of Education; Dr. Pauline Gagnon, associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences; Dr. Vicky Geisler, assistant dean of the College of Arts and Sciences; and Dr. Don Wagner, dean of the Honors College.

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