Colley to speak at graduation

By Jeremy Stewart
Chief Staff Writer

The 2002 graduation ceremony will be held at The Forum in downtown Rome on May 11, at 10 a.m.
The graduation speaker will be Dr. Scott Colley, president of Berry College.
Colley's address will focus on three key words in regards to Georgia Highlands College: Access, Opportunity, and Choice.
He will discuss how important Georgia Highlands College is to Northwest Georgia as a point of access and opportunity for people in the region.
Colley will also touch upon how fortunate the residents of this area are to have Georgia Highlands College as an extra chance and ï¿½safety netï¿½ when working towards a better education.
In addition, the Berry president will examine the tremendous opportunity of having a two-year institution like Georgia Highlands College, a technical college and two small liberal arts colleges in the same town. Colley is flattered to have been asked to address the 2002 graduating class.
ï¿½Dr. Pierce (president of Georgia Highlands College) is someone I like and admire, so it is a real honor to speak at the graduation of his inaugural year,ï¿½ Colley said.
An author of over 60 book reviews, papers, public lectures and published articles, many of them dealing with Shakespeare and the theatre of the sixteenth century, Colley started his career in education in 1968 in the department of English of Vanderbilt University.
During his 20-year stay at Vanderbilt, Colley served as associate dean of the college from 1981 to 1986 and chair of the department of English from 1986 to 1988.
After a stay at Hampden-Sydney College as provost and dean of the faculty, Colley became president of Berry College in 1998.
Colley earned his master's degree and doctorate from the University of Chicago.