FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Monday, May 3, 2010

Contact:  Robert Preston, Jr.,
              912.260.4276
              robert.preston@sgc.edu

SGC to Close West College Park Drive For Graduation Ceremony

South Georgia College has announced that West College Park Drive will be closed on Thursday, May 6, from 7 a.m. until noon due to SGC’s 81st commencement exercises. The ceremony will take place at 9 a.m. on the lawn in front of Peterson Hall.

Dr. Jim Cottingham, Vice President for Student Affairs, will deliver the commencement address. Dr. Cottingham will retire this summer following 32 years of service at SGC. As professor of education and psychology, he taught and served as an academic advisor prior to assuming his present administrative role in 1995.

The public is invited to attend.

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