Graduation speaker set for May 14 ceremony
By Jeff Denmon
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Staff Writer
The final graduating class of Georgia Highlands College will receive their diplomas on May 14 at 10 a.m. in the Rome Forum.
This will be the last graduation for the Certificate in American Sign Language Training students since this program is being discontinued.
Graduates and their guests will have the opportunity to hear a graduation address from Dr. Stuart Gully, president of LaGrange College.
Gully is the 24th president of Lagrange College and an ordained United Methodist minister.
He received his undergraduate training at Vanderbilt University, his master of divinity degree from Emory University and his Ph.D. in Higher Education from Georgia State University.
Gully has received many awards along with his degrees. In 1997 he was recognized as one of the �Forty under 40 Rising Stars in Georgia Business, Politics and Academics� by �Georgia Trend� magazine. He is a member of Omicron Delta Kappa, Theta Phi, Phi Alpha Theta, and Eta Sigma Phi.
Gully is a current member of the Board of Directors of the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities. He has been president of the Georgia Association of Colleges, the vice chair of the Board of Trusties for the Georgia Foundation for Independent Colleges and a member of the Board of Trusties for LaGrange Academy.
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