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Co m m e n c e m e n t Coker College celebrated its 103rd Spring Commencement on May 14, 2011, in the Courtyard at Davidson Hall.
President Robert Wyatt presented
diplomas to 159 graduates and conferred a Doctor of Humane Letters on this year’s keynote speaker, Marian Wright Edelman, president and founder of the
Mi c h a l Mi l l e n Bai r d ‘46, Awa r d W i n n e r
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Associate Professor of Communication Dick Puffer received the Master Professor Award. Michal Millen Baird ‘46 and Sydney Greenwalt received the Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award in recognition of exemplary character and service. Roderick James Bryant, Brandi Cowick Nichols and Whitney Danielle Wallett were recognized as first honor graduates, members of the Class of 2011 who had earned the highest academic cumulative grade point average. All three had achieved a cumulative GPA of 4.0.
The Alumni Cup was awarded to Hannah Elizabeth Beard, Roderick James Bryant, James Patrick Flynn, Brandi Cowick Nichols and Whitney Danielle Wallett. The Alumni Cup is awarded by the Coker College Alumni Association to the five members of the graduating class who have earned the highest academic averages for their junior and senior years.
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