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LWC Winter Commencement 2012: Record 381 receive degrees
Attorney General tells LWC graduates they have opportunity to lead Kentucky. Mr. Conway addresses 96th Lindsey Wilson College Commencement. He reminds graduates that, in Kentucky, fewer than 20 per cent hold baccalaureate degree. He, and Columbia's George Kolbenschlag receive honorary doctorates. Record 381 degrees awarded.
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By Duane Bonifer
News from Lindsey Wilson College
COLUMBIA, KY - Lindsey Wilson College graduates have an opportunity to help lead Kentucky.
That is what Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway told members of the first half of the Class of 2013 Saturday morning at the college's winter commencement, held in Biggers Sports Center.
"We are counting each and every one of you to find what you love and make Kentucky all it can be," Conway said in his commencement address.
Lindsey Wilson awarded a record 381 degrees at its 96th commencement ceremony. The 109-year-old liberal arts college awarded 194 undergraduate degrees and 187 graduate degrees. LWC's previous record winter class was 365, which was graduated in 2010. The college awarded 287 degrees at last winter's commencement.
Conway, who has been Kentucky's 49th attorney general since 2008, reminded the graduates that being a college graduate is still rare in Kentucky -- fewer than 20 percent of the commonwealth's residents hold at least a baccalaureate degree.
"You have already earned something," he told the graduates and more than 2,000 guests. "By flipping that tassel, you're the leaders of our state. By flipping that tassel, you're the promise. By flipping that tassel, you are our future. And we need you -- we need you to launch a business, we need you to start a career, we need you to raise a family, we need you to build our communities."
Conway also urged the graduates to support efforts to increase the number of Kentuckians with a college degree.
"I hope that since you are now amongst the leaders of our state that you understand what our beloved commonwealth faces, and how some things are keeping us from being all that we can be," he said. "We must have an educational system where our public universities and colleges collaborate, where we're not in an arms race of buildings, where we understand the efficiencies, and we understand where we are all in this together to have a public system of higher education that raises those numbers over a generation."
Conway also told the graduates to enjoy the prestige of graduating from Lindsey Wilson.
"Lindsey Wilson is an amazing, amazing institution," he said. "Look at this place now -- one of our most distinguished four-year institutions in the entire commonwealth, with amazing facilities, proud graduates, and alumni that have gone on to distinction in this state, our region and throughout the country. Lindsey Wilson is indeed on an upward arc, and as graduates of Lindsey Wilson you too are on that arc."
Conway received an honorary doctorate from the college's board of trustees and faculty. Also receiving an honorary doctorate was Columbia resident George Kolbenschlag. A retired Lindsey Wilson vice president and faculty member, Kolbenschlag had a distinguished career in the Navy and in the public relations profession before coming to Lindsey Wilson in 1987. He retired from the college in 2004. Since moving to Columbia, Kolbenschlag and his wife, Yvonne, have been among Adair County's most active citizens. - Duane Bonifer
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LWC Winter Commencement: Academic Gauntlet
2012-12-15 - Biggers Sports Center, 360 Spickard Drive, Columbia, KY - Photo by Duane Bonifer. LWC photo.
Lindsey Wilson College's winter graduates process Saturday, December 15, 2012, through the "Academic Gauntlet," a congratulatory reception line formed by the college's faculty and administration following the commencement ceremony in Biggers Sports Center. LWC celebrated a record 381 winter graduates. Duane Bonifer
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LWC Winter Commencement 2012: Soon-to-be alumni
2012-12-15 - Biggers Sports Center, 360 Spickard Drive, Columbia, KY - Photo by Duane Bonifer. LWC photo. Lindsey Wilson College soon-to-be alumni Keely C. Hanson of Portand, TN, left, Ida Gregersen of Randers, Denmark, and Jeremy Greene of Winchester, KY, walk Saturday morning, December 15, 2012, to the commencement ceremony in Biggers Sports Center, where the college's 96th commencement ceremony was held. LWC celebrated a record 381 winter graduates. -Duane Bonifer
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LWC Winter Commencement 2012: Easy to spot
2012-12-15 - Biggers Sports Center, 360 Spickard Drive, Columbia, KY - Photo by Duane Bonifer. LWC photo.
Robin Renee Keeny of Somerset, KY, was easy to identify at Lindsey Wilson College's winter commencement ceremony, held Saturday morning, December 15, 2012, in Biggers Sports Center where the college celebrated a record 381 winter graduates. - Duane Bonifer
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LWC Winter Commencement 2012: Adjusting mortarboard
2012-12-15 - Roberta D. Cranmer Dining Center, 430 Helen Flatt Drive, Columbia, KY - Photo by Duane Bonifer. LWC photo. Lindsey Wilson College President William T. Luckey Jr. checks his email as Executive Assistant to the President Nancy Sinclair helps Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway adjust his mortar board Saturday morning, December 15, 2012, in Roberta D. Cranmer Dining & Conference Center before the college's commencement ceremony, held in Biggers Sports Center where the college celebrated a record 381 winter graduates. Conway gave the commencement address. - Duane Bonifer, LWC
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LWC Winter Commencement 2012: Readying diplomas
2012-12-15 - V.P. Henry Auditorium, 210 Lindsey Wilson Street, Columbia, KY - Photo by Duane Bonifer. LWC photo.
Lindsey Wilson College Associate Professor of Human Services & Counseling Jennifer Williamson gathers diploma cases for LWC President William T. Luckey Jr. to hand to the college's winter graduates Saturday morning, December 15, 2012, in Biggers Sports Center. The cases are blanks; graduates' diplomas are mailed to their homes. - Duane Bonifer, LWC
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LWC Winter Commencement 2012: Organizing grads
2012-12-15 - V.P. Henry Auditorium, 210 Lindsey Wilson Street, Colulmbia, KY - Photo by Duane Bonifer. LWC. Lindsey Wilson College Vice President for Academic Affairs Bettie Starr, left, and Assistant Registrar Claudia Froedge organize the winter graduates as they gather Saturday morning, December 15, 2012, in V.P. Henry Auditorium before processing to Biggers Sports Center for the commencement ceremony. - Duane Bonifer, LWC
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LWC Winter Commencement 2012: Final performance
2012-12-15 - Biggers Sports Center, 360 Spickard Drive, Columbia, KY - Photo by Duane Bonifer. LWC photo.
Brittany Corbin of Campbellsville, KY, left, performs for the final time as a member of the Lindsey Wilson Singers Saturday morning, December 15, 2012, at Biggers Sports Center. Corbin received a bachelor of arts degree in human services and counseling, part of LWC's record 381-member winter commencement class. - Duane Bonifer, LWC
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LWC Winter Commencement 2012: Dunnville Mathematics grad
2012-12-15 - Lindsey Wilson College, Columbia, KY - Photo by Duane Bonifer. LWC photo.
Michelle Copley of Dunnville, KY, is congratulated by Associate Professor of Mathematics Michael Ratliff following Saturday morning's winter commencement ceremony. Copley earned a bachelor of arts degree in mathematics and secondary education, summa cum laude. - Duane Bonifer, LWC
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LWC Winter Commencement 2012: New Golden Alumni
2012-12-15 - Cralle Student Union Building, 420 Helen Flatt Drive, Columbia, KY - Photo by Duane Bonifer, LWC Photo. Eight new members were inducted Saturday morning, December 15, 2012, into the Golden Alumni Society before winter commencement. They were inducted in the Cralle Student Union Building. The alumni society recognizes graduates who celebrate their 50th college reunion. Front row, from left: Marilyn Lacy Clark, Class of 1956, of Frankfort, KY; Betty Murrell Loyd, Class of 1957, of Frankfort, KY; Dr. Robert Goodin, Class of 1959, of Louisville, KY; and the Rev. Thomas E. Dicken, Class of 1958, of Monticello, KY. Back row, from left: Bobby L. Miller, Class of 1959, of Gahanna, Ohio; Jean Johnson Plummer, Class of 1957, of Louisville, KY; John F. Loyd, Class of 1957, of Frankfort, KY; James W. Wentworth, Class of 1958, of Campbellsville, KY; and LWC Director of Alumni Relations Randy Burns, Class of 1993. - Duane Bonifer, LWC
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LWC Winter Commencement 2012: Shahid and Kara Iqbal
2012-12-15 - Lindsey Wilson College, Columbia, KY - Photo by Duane Bonifer. LWC photo.
Newly minted Lindsey Wilson College graduate Shahid Iqbal of Columbia and his wife, Kara, celebrate the bachelor of arts degree in communication he received Saturday morning, December 15, 2012, at LWC's winter commencement. Kara is a 2010 Lindsey Wilson alumna. - Duane Bonifer, LWC
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LWC Winter Commencement: Moving tassels
2012-12-15 - Biggers Sports Center, 360 Spickard Drive, Columbia, KY - Photo by Duane Bonifer, LWC photo.
Lindsey Wilson College graduates Emily Kodman of Paducah, KY, left, and Joleen Knuckles of Corbin, KY, move their tassels from right to left to symbolize their graduation. The two were among a record 381 students who received diplomas at LWC's winter commencement, held Saturday morning, December 15, 2012, at Biggers Sports Center. - Duane Bonifer, LWC
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LWC Winter Commencement 2012: Doctorate recipients
2012-12-15 - Biggers Sports Center, 360 Spickard Drive, Columbia, KY - Photo by Duane Bonifer.
Lindsey Wilson College President William T. Luckey Jr., far left, and Lindsey Wilson Board of Trustees Chair Allan Parnell, far right, are joined Saturday morning by honorary doctorate recipients Kentucky Attorney Jack Conway and George Kolbenschlag of Columbia during the college's 96th commencement ceremony, Saturday morning, December 15, 2012. - Duane Bonifer, LWC
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Attorney General Jack Conway delivers commencement address
2012-12-15 - Biggers Sports Center, 360 Spickard Drive, Columbia, KY - Photo by Duane Bonifer. LWC photo.
Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway delivers the Lindsey Wilson College winter commencement address Saturday morning, December 15, 2012, at the college's Biggers Sports Center. - Duane Bonifer, LWC
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Melissa Bryant, Columbia, KY, offers good advice
2012-12-15 - Biggers Sports Center, 360 Spickard Drive, Columbia, KY - Photo by Duane Bonifer. LWC.
Melissa Bryant of Columbia had good advice for her Lindsey Wilson College classmates at Saturday morning's winter commencement ceremony in Biggers Sports Center. Bryant earned a bachelor of arts degree in criminal justice, cum laude. - Duane Bonifer, LWC
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Family receives masters degree of late Rev. Steven Payne
2012-12-15 - Biggers Sports Center, 360 Spickard Drive, Columbia, KY - Photo by Duane Bonifer, LWC photo. The family of the late Rev. Steven Payne of Lewisburg, KY, receive his master's degree at Saturday's Lindsey Wilson College winter commencement. Payne died in October at age 42. Receiving his degree from LWC President William T. Luckey Jr. are his parents, the Rev. Ellis Payne and Anita Payne of Henderson, KY, and his daughters, Ellie, 11, and Abbey, 16, both of Henderson, KY - Duane Bonifer, LWC
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Randy Burns adjusts tassel for towering John Loyd
2012-12-15 - Cralle Student Union Building, 420 Helen Flatt Drive, Columbia, KY - Photo by Duane Bonifer. LWC photo.
Lindsey Wilson College Director of Alumni Relations Randy Burns stands on a chair to induct fellow alumnus John Loyd of Frankfort, KY, into the Golden Alumni Society Saturday morning in the Cralle Student Union Building. - Duane Bonifer, LWC
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