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TCC COMMENCEMENT TO CELEBRATE NEARLY 1,000 STUDENTS
Family, friends, faculty proudly send off new graduates

NORFOLK, Va. – (May 6, 2005) – Tidewater Community College celebrates its 40th commencement on Friday, May 13, at the Ted Constant Convocation Center in Norfolk. Approximately 1,000 students who have earned degrees, diplomas or certificates will walk the stage during the ceremony that begins at 7 p.m.

Former Suffolk Mayor E. Dana Dickens III, president and chief executive officer of the Hampton Roads Partnership, will give TCC’s commencement talk. Prior to heading the Partnership, Dickens was full-time president/owner of First Service Insurance. His distinguished background in public service in Hampton Roads includes two terms as mayor of the city of Suffolk, chairman of the Western Tidewater Water Authority, member of the Hampton Roads Planning District Commission, chairman of the High Growth Commission, service on the Executive Committee of the Hampton Roads Economic Development Alliance and vice chair of the Mayors and Chairs Caucus of Hampton Roads.

The evening also features student speaker Melissa Baumann, selected from a group of talented graduation candidates. Baumann, whose writing appeared in this spring’s Chicken Soup for the Military Wife’s Soul, overcame many challenges to make her way to and through college.