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Date:  May 2, 2008
Contact:  Diane Buzick, 786.4508, diane.buzick@llcc.edu


SPRINGFIELD – Lincoln Land Community College will conduct its 38th annual commencement ceremony Friday evening, May 16, at the Prairie Capital Convention Center in Springfield.  Charlotte Warren, Ph.D., sixth president of the college, will preside over the ceremony, which begins at 7:30 p.m.

This year’s ceremony will feature a posthumous President’s Recognition of Brian McMillen, LLCC graduate who was killed in the line of duty as an officer with the Illinois State Police last October.
 
LLCC graduates Phillip Paschal and Susanne Brown, both of Springfield, will address the graduating class and guests. Brown is graduating with honors receiving an associate in arts degree in liberal arts.  She plans to transfer to the University of Illinois at Springfield to major in communication and minor in business.  While at LLCC she has been active in the Student Government Association serving as representative, vice president and president in addition to serving as interim student trustee.  She is a member of Phi Theta Kappa, National Dean’s List and the United States Achievement Academy.

Paschal is graduating with an associate in science degree in pre-medicine.  He is transferring to the School of Natural and Social Sciences at California State University in Los Angeles where he plans to receive a bachelor’s degree in psychology before entering medical school. Phillip is a member of Phi Theta Kappa and has been active in LLCC’s Honors Club serving as president, the LLCC Chemistry Club and Student Government Association.  In addition to being commencement speaker, Paschal will serve as a student marshal along with honors student Elizabeth Patterson of Dawson to represent Phi Theta Kappa, the international honor society for two-year colleges.

Approximately 1,700 students are eligible to receive degrees and certificates.  The LLCC Board of Trustees will award graduates with degrees including the associate in arts, associate in science, associate in applied science, associate in general education, associate in fine arts and associate in engineering science, along with certificates of achievement and certificates of completion.

The LLCC Foundation Alumni Relations Committee is hosting a reception for graduates and their guests immediately following the ceremony.