Graduation Information

39th Annual BCC Commencement Slated for Saturday May 16, 2009

Time: 9:00 am, graduates don caps and gowns; 9:15 am, graduates line up for processional; 9:45 am, processional; 10:00 am, graduation ceremony begins. Approximately 800 students will graduate and more than 450 are expected to participate in the ceremony.

Location: The ceremony will take place in the Graduation Tent on the Pemberton campus. Please plan to park in any lot but Lots 7 and 8.

Ceremony: This year the keynote speaker will be Beasely Reece. Reece is best known for his successful career in the NFL. Reece is also now CBS 3's lead sports anchor and a three-time Emmy award winner who has earned 12 Associated Press Awards. In addition to anchoring the station's weekday sportscasts and serving as sports director, Reece hosts Sunday Kickoff, the station's football pre-game show and CBS 3 Sports Zone.

Also during the course of the ceremony the Student Government Association will present the Annual Professor of the Year Award and BCC President Dr. Robert C. Messina, Jr. will present the Annual Christian and Mary Lindback Distinguished Teaching Award to a deserving professor.

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