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Wallace State Community College in Hanceville and President Vicki Hawsey Karolewics celebrated the college's 50th anniversary commencement at Tom Drake Coliseum Friday. Approximately 539 students participated in the ceremony while 1,107 earned degrees or certificates.
"Graduates, as a member of the class that celebrates Wallace State's 50th anniversary, you are now forever a member of the Wallace State family, and that family connects every graduate from the first Wallace State class to this one and to each class into our future," said Dr. Karolewics. "You will always have a place at Wallace State."
Dr. Karolewics recognized two members of the college's first graduating class-Gary Hardman, who graduated in Drafting, and Regina Griggs Hammond, who graduated in Business Education the first time, and later came back for degrees in sales and marketing in the 1970s and paralegal in the 1980s. Members of the audience who had previously attended Wallace State were also asked to stand to be recognized.
"Thank you for being part of our history," she said.
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