I'd like to welcome you to our first ever
December commencement exercise for curriculum students
It is a pleasure for trustees, our faculty and staff
to share in this special morning
honoring the graduates of the class of 2011.
To the graduating class,
let me first convey my congratulations and best wishes from all of the
170 members of the North Carolina House
and the North Carolina Senate
Your success
is our focus
and our most important goal
as a General Assembly.
Mr. Chairman, with the recommendation of the faculty,
I have the honor of presenting the graduation candidates from the Applied Technologies division
(sound of names being called)
Mr. Chairman, with the recommendation of the faculty,
I have the honor of presenting the graduation candidates from the Applied Technologies division
,
(applause)
Ladies and Gentlemen,
please join me in welcoming Dr. Diane Lodder,
Dean of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences
Will the candidates for diplomas and Associate in Arts degrees and Associate
in General Education degrees from the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences,
please rise and come forward.
(sound of names being called, applause, loud yelling, and congratulations being offered)
Mr. Chairman, with the recommendation of the faculty I have the honor of presenting the
graduation candidates from the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences Division
(sound of names being called, applause, loud yelling, and congratulations being offered)
Mr. Chairman,
with the recommendation of the faculty,
I have the honor of presenting
the graduation candidates from the Business Technologies Division
(sound of names being called, applause, loud yelling, and congratulations being offered)
Mr. Chairman, with the recommendations of the faculty, I have the honor
of presenting
the graduation candidates from the Computer Engineering Technologies
Division
(sound of names being called, applause, loud yelling, and congratulations being offered)
Mr. Chairman, with the recommendation of the faculty, I have the honor of presenting the graduation candidates
from the Health Sciences Division
(sound of names being called, applause, loud yelling, and congratulations being offered)
Mr. Chairman,
with the recommendation of the faculty, I have the honor of
presenting the graduation candidate from the Mathematics and Sciences Division
(sound of names being called, applause, loud yelling, and congratulations being offered)
Under the authority vested in the Board of Trustees for Wake Technical Community
College,
by the statutes
of the State of North Carolina
and the State Board of Community Colleges, it is my privilege
to award these degrees and diplomas
to our graduates today
Graduates - As an example of recognition of your new status
please turn your tassel from your right
to your left
(applause)
Congratulations class of 2011 !!
