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GOOD EVENING EVERYONE, AND WELCOME TO THE TECHNICAL COLLEGE OF LOW COUNTRY 2023 COMMENCEMENT.RICH GOFF AND IT'S MY DISTINCT PLEASURE TO SERVE AS A THIRD PRESIDENT OF YOUR COMMUNITY COLLEGE THIS EVENING.
I, I WOULD, I WOULD ENCOURAGE EVERYONE JUST TO SIT DOWN FOR A SECOND, CUZ THAT MIGHT TAKE A LITTLE LONGER THAN YOU WANNA STAND.
THIS EVENING WE CELEBRATE THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF MORE THAN 300 TECHNICAL COLLEGE OF LOS COUNTRY.
UH, COLLEGE GRADUATES, FAMILY MEMBERS, T C L, FACULTY AND STAFF, T C L, AREA COMMISSION AND FOUNDATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS, FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS ARE ALL GATHERED HERE, GRADUATES.
YOU, YOU REPRESENT JUST ABOUT EVERY POSSIBLE BACKGROUND, EVERY COLOR, CULTURE, AND FAITH.
YOU'VE TAKEN MANY DIFFERENT PATHS TO GET HERE.
SO BE ON THE BEHALF OF THE FACULTY AND STAFF OF THE COLLEGE.
I SAY TO YOU, IT'S BEEN AN HONOR TO BE PART OF YOUR JOURNEY.
TONIGHT YOU BECOME TCL ALUMNI.
SOME OF YOU WILL CONTINUE YOUR STUDIES AT FOUR YEAR COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES.
MAJORITY, 92% WILL STAY RIGHT HERE IN OUR AREA AND GO TO WORK DIRECTLY IN OUR WORKFORCE.
OUR ALUMNI LIVE HERE, THEY WORK HERE, RAISE FAMILIES HERE, PAY TAXES HERE.
THEY KEEP OUR HOSPITALS, OUR CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES, SMALL BUSINESSES, LAW FIRMS, AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN.
RUNNING TCL ALUMNI ARE THE FABRIC, THE REAL FABRIC OF THIS, THIS COMMUNITY.
EACH OF YOU HAS A UNIQUE STORY AND YOUR SUCCESS TONIGHT IS JUST THE BEGINNING.
FOR EXAMPLE, 42 TCL GRADUATES WILL EARN A COLLEGE CERTIFICATE DEGREE OR DIPLOMA BEFORE THEY ATTEND HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION.
THESE DUAL ENROLLMENT STUDENTS COME FROM, WELL, BRANCH SHIRLEY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL.
WHERE ARE YOU? BATTERY CREEK HIGH SCHOOL AND RIDGE RIDGELAND HARDY BILL HIGH SCHOOL.
SO THANK YOU ALL AND WE WANNA SAY A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO, UH, THE FACULTY AND STAFF WHO'VE HELPED BRING YOU ALONG TO THIS POINT.
THEY DO SUCH GOOD WORK AND SPECIAL.
LET'S GIVE A ROUND, A ROUND APPLAUSE.
AND QUICKLY, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE THE FAMILY AND FRIENDS THAT ARE HERE THAT HAVE HELPED RING YOU ALONG.
WOULD YOU GRADUATES GIVE THOSE FOLKS AND YOUR FRIENDS AROUND PLEASE?
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SO SINCE 1968, WE'VE SERVED MORE THAN 80,000, 86,000 STUDENTS FROM BEAUFORD, HAMPTON, JASPER, AND COLTON COUNTIES ALL OVER THE COUNTY.SO IT'S GONNA BE A GREAT CELEBRATION TONIGHT.
I'M VERY EXCITED FOR YOU AND LET'S GET THIS THING GOING.
SO PLEASE STAND, PLEASE STAND FOR THE PRESENTATION OF THE COLORS BY THE BUFORD HIGH SCHOOL JUNIOR R O T C UNIT.
AND THEN WHEN THE COLORS ARE, UH, EXITED, PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOR THE NATIONAL ANTHEM.
REMAIN STANDING FOR OUR PRAYER OF INVOCATION.
GRACIOUS LORD AND FATHER, WE THANK YOU AS THE GIVER OF LIFE AND OF EVERY GOOD AND PERFECT GIFT.
AND THIS EVENING AND ON THIS OCCASION, WE CELEBRATE WHAT IS CERTAINLY A GIFT.
THIS EVENING WE GATHER TO CELEBRATE WITH THE MORE THAN 300 GRADUATES.
SOME ALREADY GRADUATED, SOME HERE TONIGHT.
AND THERE ARE FAMILIES WHO MAKE UP THE TECHNICAL COLLEGE OF THE LOW COUNTRY CLASS OF 2023.
WE REJOICE WITH EACH GRADUATE WHO HAS INVESTED THEIR TIME, STUDY AND EFFORT AND EXPENSE INTO LEARNING REAL LIFE SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE THAT ARE REPRESENTED BY THE DEGREES THEY WILL BE PRESENTED HERE TONIGHT.
WE WANT TO GIVE THANKS FOR ALL THOSE WHO MADE THIS ACHIEVEMENT POSSIBLE.
THE LEADERSHIP, THE ADMINISTRATION, THE FACULTY, EVERY EMPLOYEE OF THE TECHNICAL COLLEGE THAT STRIVES TO SEE STUDENTS SUCCEED IN EDUCATION AND IN LIFE.
AND I PRAY A SPECIAL BLESSING UPON THOSE WHO MADE THE EDUCATION OF THESE GRADUATES POSSIBLE, THE GRANDPARENTS, PARENTS, TEACHERS, TUTORS, COACHES AND ADMINISTRATORS.
AS I KNOW, EACH OF THESE PEOPLE FEEL A DEEP SENSE OF JOY TONIGHT IN SEEING THESE GRADUATES REACH THIS MILESTONE.
SO FATHER, FILL THIS PLACE WITH JOY AND THANKSGIVING AS WE CELEBRATE LIFE, AS WE CELEBRATE GROWTH, AND AS WE CELEBRATE.
THE GRADUATES ASSEMBLED HERE THIS EVENING AND I MAKE MY PRAYER IN THE NAME OF YOUR SON JESUS CHRIST.
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GOOD EVENING GRADUATES, FAMILIES AND FRIENDS.I'M RANDY DOK, CHAIRMAN OF THE TECHNICAL COLLEGE OF THE LOW COUNTRY'S GOVERNING BOARD.
ON BEHALF OF MY FELLOW COMMISSION MEMBERS AND THE FACULTY AND STAFF AND THE TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION BOARD OF TRUSTEES, I WELCOMED YOU TO THIS COMMENCEMENT EXERCISE TONIGHT, WE ARE HERE TO CELEBRATE THE COLLECTIVE AND INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENTS OF OUR DIVERSE AND DRIVEN CANDIDATES FOR GRADUATION.
MANY HAVE FACED SIGNIFICANT BARRIERS IN PURSUING THEIR EDUCATION AS STUDENTS.
YOU HAVE HAD TO BALANCE STUDIES WITH MANY OTHER DEMANDS ON YOUR TIME.
MANY HAVE JUGGLED FAMILIES ALONG WITH FULL OR PART-TIME JOBS WHILE FACING THE DAILY CHALLENGES OF LIFE.
ALL ARE COMMENDED FOR YOUR DEDICATION, EFFORT, HARD WORK, AND SACRIFICE.
IN YOUR PURSUIT OF YOUR CHOSEN FIELD OF STUDY.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, TONIGHT YOU ACHIEVE YOUR GOAL, RECEIVE YOUR DEGREE, AND BECOME TCL ALUMNI.
BUT NONETHELESS, OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU DOES NOT END TODAY.
AS ALUMNI, WE HOPE THE KNOWLEDGE YOU HAVE LEARNED WILL CREATE LASTING IMPACT IN YOUR LIFE AND THOSE WHO RELY UPON YOU, WHETHER YOU CONTINUE YOUR EDUCATION, BEGIN NEW CAREERS, OR CONTINUE WITH CURRENT, WE OFFER YOU OUR BEST WISHES AND OUR CONTINUED SUPPORT.
WE APPRECIATE THE FAITH YOU HAVE SHOWN THE COLLEGE AND WE URGE YOU TO CONTINUE YOUR, YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH TCL AS THE COLLEGE CONTINUES TO GROW AND SERVE THE LOW COUNTRY.
WE ASK YOU SERVE FOR THE BETTERMENT OF YOUR COMMUNITY BY EMPLOYING THE SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE ACQUIRED DURING YOUR TIME HERE.
SOME WILL CONGRATULATE YOU TONIGHT FOR THE SUCCESS UPON GRADUATION, BUT I CONGRATULATE YOU BECAUSE YOU WERE SUCCESSFUL THE DAY THAT YOU APPLIED TO THE TECHNICAL COLLEGE OF THE LOW COUNTRY.
YOU WERE SUCCESSFUL WHEN YOU TOOK YOUR FIRST CLASS AND, AND AND, AND PASSED THAT COURSE AND YOU WERE SUCCESSFUL WHEN YOU GOT ENOUGH, YOU KNOW, CREDITS TO TO GRADUATE.
IT'S WHAT YOU DO WITH THE SUCCESS GOING FORWARD THAT WILL TELL THE TE BE THE TEST FOR YOU.
SO TONIGHT WE CELEBRATE YOU, YOUR ACHIEVEMENT AND WISH YOU CONTINUED SUCCESS AND WELL-DESERVED HAPPINESS.
BEST WISHES AND GOD BLESS EACH YEAR THE COLLEGE INVITES GRADUATE CANDIDATES TO COMPLETE COMPETE FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE AS OUR STUDENT SPEAKER AT THE COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY.
THE APPLICATIONS ARE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT THE, THE APPLICANTS ARE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION THAT INCLUDES A PERSONAL STATEMENT OF INTEREST, A HIGHLIGHT OF THEIR EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES, AND TWO LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION.
I HAVE THE PLEASURE OF INTRODUCING OUR STUDENT SPEAKER THIS EVENING, A NATIVE OF SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.
MS. TORI J WHITE IS A SENIOR AT WHALE BRANCH EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL AND IS DUALLY ENROLLED AT THE TECHNICAL COLLEGE OF THE LOW COUNTRY.
MS. WHITE HAS BEEN ACTIVE MEMBER IN MANY CLUBS AND ORGANIZATIONS THROUGHOUT HER HIGH, HER HIGH SCHOOL CAREER, VOSS VARSITY SOCCER AND CHAIR DANCE CLUB, PRINCIPAL AMBASSADOR, HEALTH OCCUPATION, STUDENTS OF AMERICA.
LADIES FIRST THE ATHLETIC COUNCIL.
TODAY SHE IS EARNING AN ASSOCIATES IN ART, AN ASSOCIATES IN SCIENCE, A CERTIFICATE IN ARTS AND GENERAL EDUCATION, AND A CERTIFICATE IN ARTS LIBERAL ARTS CORPS FROM THE TECHNICAL COLLEGE OF THE LOW COUNTRY BEFORE OFFICIALLY GRADUATING FROM HIGH SCHOOL THIS JUNE.
SHE WILL ATTEND SOUTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY AND MAJOR IN CHEMISTRY AND BIOLOGY AS SHE PREPARES FOR MEDICAL SCHOOL WHERE SHE PLANS TO SPECIALIZE IN OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY.
WOULD YOU PLEASE WELCOME TO THE STAGE MS. TORY WHITE.
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OKAY.TECHNICAL COLLEGE OF THE LOW COUNTRY GRADUATES.
WE SURVIVED A GLOBAL PANDEMIC, THE EBBS AND FLOWS OF LIFE AND HAVE ARRIVED.
AT THIS POINT I BRING GREETINGS AND THE BEST WISHES FROM THE PRESIDENT FACULTY STAFF IN THE ENTIRE CLASS OF 2023.
I'M TORI J WHITE, A WELL BRANCH EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL DUAL ENROLLMENT STUDENT.
TONIGHT IS A VERY SPECIAL NIGHT.
WE ARE HERE THIS EVENING IN THE PRESENCE OF OUR FAMILY, FRIENDS, TCL, FACULTY, STAFF, AND EVEN SOME SPECIAL GUESTS FROM OUR COMMUNITY AND COLLEAGUES TO CELEBRATE A MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENT.
MY EDUCATIONAL, OOH, EXCUSE ME,
MY EDUCATIONAL GOALS INCLUDE EARNING A BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN CHEMISTRY, WHICH PREPARE ME FOR A MEDICAL CAREER AS A DOCTOR.
MY CAREER GOAL ON THE OTHER HAND IS TO BE, IS TO ONE DAY BE ABLE TO PROVIDE ACCURATE INFORMATION TO ASSIST WOMEN OF COLOR WITH THEIR HEALTH.
IT IS TRULY AN HONOR TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE TCL CLASS OF 2023.
I WANNA TAKE THIS TIME TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR MY CLASSMATES, YOUR DEVOTIONS, TO YOUR EXAMINATIONS AND THE RESPONSIBILITY OF OUR ADMINISTRATION AND STAFF TO ASSISTING US WITH SUCCEEDING OUR SIGNIFICANT PIECES OF WHAT MAKES TCL SUCH A UNIQUE COLLEGE GRADUATES.
THINK BACK ON YOUR FIRST FEW DAYS IN YOUR RESPECTIVE PROGRAMS AND REFLECT ON THOSE REASONS YOU CHOSE THOSE PROGRAMS. TODAY IS A CULMINATION OF YOUR HOPES AND DREAMS AND THE NEW HOPES AND DREAMS THAT TOOK SHAPE WHILE YOU WERE MATRICULATING.
WE'LL NEVER FORGET THIS INCREDIBLE JOURNEY.
OVER THE YEARS, THE FACULTY AND STAFF HAS PREPARED US FOR YEARS.
OVER THE YEARS, THE FACULTY AND STAFF HAS PREPARED US FOR THE EVER-CHANGING MULTICULTURAL WORLD.
MOREOVER, WE QUICKLY LEARN TO ADJUST TO THE PARADIGM SHIFT OF COVID 19.
FOR MY FELLOW GRADUATES, I SAY, LIVE YOUR DREAMS AND ASPIRATIONS.
SHANDI, A NIGERIAN AUTHOR AND STORYTELLER SAYS IT BEST, DO NOT TWIST YOURSELF INTO SHAPES TO PLEASE DON'T DO IT.
IF SOMEONE LIKES THAT VERSION OF YOU, THAT VERSION OF YOU THAT IS FALSE AND HOLDS BACK AND THEY ACTUALLY LIKE THE TWISTED SHAPE AND NOT YOU AND THE WORLD IS SUCH A GLORIOUSLY, MULTIFACETED, DIVERSE PLACE THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THE WORLD WHO WILL, WHO WILL LIKE YOU, THE REAL YOU AS YOU ARE.
IN CLOSING, I LIKE TO SINCERELY THANK THE FRIENDS, FAMILY, AND TEACHERS WHO HAVE GUIDED US TO THIS POINT.
I CANNOT END THIS SPEECH BY ONLY GIVING THANKS TO ALL OF YOU WITHOUT RECOGNIZING ALL THE WORKING HANDS THAT MADE THIS EVENT POSSIBLE.
FOR ALL YOUR WORK AND DEDICATION, THE SPIRIT OF SUCCESS CAN BE FELT REVERBERATING THROUGH THE AIR.
IT IS TRULY AN HONOR AND A PRIVILEGE TO STAND BEFORE YOU ALL ON SUCH AN A SPACIOUS OCCASION ONCE AGAIN TO THE CLASS OF 2023.
WOW, TORI, ON BEHALF OF THE TECHNICAL COLLEGE OF THE LOW COUNTRY, THE PRESIDENT OF THE COMMISSION AND OUR FOUNDATION, WE WANT TO GIVE YOU THIS GIFT OF APPRECIATION FOR BEING OUR STUDENT SPEAKER.
SO AT THIS POINT I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE OUR COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER.
YOU KNOW, UM, WE'RE SO, I'M SO GRATEFUL AND WE'RE SO LUCKY TO HAVE DR.
RODRIGUEZ BE OUR SPEAKER TODAY.
IT JUST STRUCK ME AS WE ARE PROCESSING UP HERE THAT EVERYBODY IS HEY, DR.
SO WE'RE SO VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE HIM HERE.
BUT LET ME READ THE, READ THE PARTS THAT I'M SUPPOSED TO READ.
RODRIGUEZ, AS MOST OF YOU KNOW, AS A SUPERINTENDENT OF THE BURET COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT HERE IN THE BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE IN SOCIAL SCIENCE FROM FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY, A MASTER'S DEGREE IN CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION FROM FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY AND HIS DOCTORATE IN EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP FROM FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY.
BEFORE COMING TO BUFORT AS SUPERINTENDENT IN 2019, HE SPENT 26 YEARS SERVING THE SOUTH FLORIDA EDUCATION COMMUNITY IN A VARIETY OF CAPACITIES.
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IS THE FIRST BEAUFORT COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT WHO IS FLUENT IN SPANISH AND HE HAS TWO CHILDREN THAT ARE ACTUALLY IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM, UM, AND BUFORD IN BLUFFTON HIGH SCHOOL.I BELIEVE I'D LIKE TO READ A QUOTE FROM DR.
I AM I AM DRIVEN BY THE NOTION THAT A GREAT EDUCATION IS THE KEY TO A PERSON'S FUTURE.
AND I DEDICATE MYSELF TO ENSURING THAT EACH AND EVERY CHILD RECEIVES ONE.
I THINK THAT'S A GREAT CREED THAT WE ALL SHOULD LIVE BY DR.
GOOD EVENING EVERYONE, AND THANK YOU, UH, PRESIDENT GOFF FOR THE OPPORTUNITY, UH, TO BE HERE TODAY AND THIS EVENING.
AND, UH, IT IS REALLY SUCH A PLEASURE FOR ME, UH, TO BE HERE WITH ALL OF YOU, UH, IN THIS BEAUTIFUL WATERFRONT PARK.
WHAT A BEAUTIFUL DAY PRESIDENT GOFF PICKED AND ORCHESTRATED, UH, FOR US TODAY AS WE CELEBRATE THIS SIGNIFICANT MILESTONE IN YOUR LIVES.
UH, AND THANK YOU MS. WHITE FOR YOUR INSPIRING REMARKS.
YOU WILL BE A DOCTOR AND YOU WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE BECAUSE YOU'VE SAID IT AND BECAUSE YOU HAVE PROVEN YOUR COMMITMENT AND DEDICATION TO PERSEVERANCE AND ACCOMPLISHING GOALS.
BUT I STILL PLAN ON SEEING YOU AT YOUR HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION AND MANY OF YOU OTHERS OUT HERE TODAY.
IT'S STUDENTS LIKE YOU THAT REPRESENT THE SIGNIFICANCE AND THE IMPORTANCE OF THE MOMENTOUS PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE BEAUFORT COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT AND TCL.
MS. WHITE'S ACHIEVEMENTS ARE THE WONDERFUL CULMINATION OF OUR TWO ORGANIZATIONS WORKING TOGETHER, REPRESENTING THE MANY OPPORTUNITIES AT ONE'S FINGERTIPS FOR THE STUDENTS AND CITIZENS OF THE LOW COUNTRY.
THANK YOU FOR REPRESENTING ALL THAT IS POSSIBLE HERE THIS EVENING.
AND THIS IS ONE OF THE KEY MESSAGES THAT I WANNA SHARE WITH YOU AND I HOPE YOU COME AWAY WITH TODAY, THAT WITH EDUCATION, ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE.
I THINK ABOUT MY OWN PERSONAL STORY AND MY GRANDFATHER'S WORDS WHEN I WAS A LITTLE KID, ALWAYS ASKING ME AND ASKING MY BROTHER IF WE WERE WORKING HARD AT SCHOOL AND IF WE WERE WORKING HARD TO GET A GREAT EDUCATION BECAUSE THAT WAS THE ONE THING THAT NOBODY COULD EVER TAKE AWAY FROM YOU.
AND IF HE SAID THAT ONCE A WEEK, HE SAID THAT FIVE TIMES A WEEK AND HE INGRAINED THAT INTO MY BROTHER AND I ON A REGULAR BASIS.
MY FAMILY CAME FROM CUBA IN THE LATE 1950S, EARLY 1960S, AND THAT WAS IN FACT MY GRANDFATHER'S SITUATION AT THAT TIME.
HE HAD TO LEAVE EVERYTHING BEHIND AND START FROM SCRATCH HERE IN THIS GREAT COUNTRY, BUT HE RELIED AND COUNTED ON HIS GRAD EDUCATION TO HELP HIM GET OFF THE GROUND AND GET HIM GOING.
AND SO THAT WAS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO HIM.
AND SOMETHING THAT, UH, I'VE ALWAYS REMEMBERED AND IS TRUE, UH, TO MY CORE.
AND EDUCATION NOT ONLY CHANGES OUR LIVES, BUT SHAVES THE FUTURE FOR THOSE AROUND US.
THIS IS WHY INSTITUTIONS LIKE TCL ARE SO IMPORTANT.
THE EDUCATION THAT YOU RECEIVED HERE EMPOWERS YOU TO CHART YOUR OWN COURSE AND MAKE A POSITIVE IMPACT IN OUR COMMUNITY.
NO MATTER IF YOU'RE ENTERING THE WORKFORCE NOW OR GOING TO CONTINUE ON WITH YOUR EDUCATION, TCL HAS AFFORDED YOU A SEAMLESS PATHWAY MOVING FORWARD THAT IS NOT ONLY OF BENEFIT TO YOU, BUT TO OUR ENTIRE REGION.
MR. GOFF, PRESIDENT GOFF SHARED THAT 92% OF OUR GRADUATES HERE REMAIN HERE LOCALLY AND ARE THE HEARTBEAT OF OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR ECONOMY.
TCL PLAYS THIS CRUCIAL ROLE IN PREPARING OUR STUDENTS TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE WORKFORCE AND THEY PROVIDE OVER 60 DEGREE, UH, CERTIFICATES, DIPLOMAS PATHWAYS ACROSS CREDIT AND NON-CREDIT PROGRAMS. BUT WHAT MAKES THESE PROGRAMS SO IMPORTANT AND SPECIAL IS THAT THEY ALIGNED WITH THE NEEDS OF OUR CURRENT AND FUTURE REGIONAL INDUSTRIES RIGHT HERE IN THE LOW COUNTRY THAT REQUIRE SPECIALIZED TRAINING AND CERTIFICATIONS.
AND YOU GET THAT THROUGH YOUR EXPERIENCE HERE.
YOU, THE GRADUATES ARE ESSENTIAL TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY OF OUR COMMUNITY.
IN OTHER WORDS, YOU MATTER AND YOU MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY.
I TAKE GREAT PRIDE IN KNOWING THAT NEARLY 300 BEAUFORD COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT STUDENTS HAVE JUST COMPLETED THEIR SPRING COURSES AT TCL.
AND THAT TCL HAS A RECORD NUMBER OF DUAL ENROLL GRADUATES THIS YEAR FROM BEAUFORT, FROM COAN, FROM JASPER AND HAMPTON COUNTIES HERE THIS EVENING.
GRADUATES LIKE DARBY KINSEY FROM BATTERY CREEK HIGH SCHOOL, WHO WAS RECENTLY
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NAMED A SOUTH CAROLINA TEACHING FELLOW AND RECIPIENT OF THE PAT CONROY'S LITERACY CENTER'S FUTURE EDUCATOR SCHOLARSHIP AND GRADUATES LIKE JANEA COX FROM WHALE BRANCH EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL, WHO HAS BEEN HONORED WITH THE TCL YOUNG ACHIEVER AWARD TO ALL OF THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS THAT ARE HERE TODAY.YOUR CONTRIBUTION NOW EXTENDS BEYOND A HIGH SCHOOL CLASSROOM.
YOU ARE NOW WELL EQUIPPED TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL WELLBEING OF THE LOW COUNTRY INDOOR, OUR COMMUNITY RIGHT HERE IN BEAUFORT.
I ENCOURAGE THE GRADUATES HERE TODAY TO TRULY EMBRACE THE NOTION OF BEING A LIFELONG LEARNER.
I HOPE YOU CONTINUE TO USE TCL AS A RESOURCE IN YOUR QUEST OR IN YOUR QUENCH AS YOU QUENCH YOUR THIRST FOR KNOWLEDGE.
THIS INSTITUTION IS NOT JUST FOR PEOPLE BEGINNING THEIR CAREERS, IT'S FOR ALL CITIZENS OF ALL AGES AT ANY STAGE OF LIFE.
PEOPLE LOOKING, UH, PEOPLE LOOKING TO ADVANCE THEIR CAREER WITH ADDITIONAL CERTIFICATIONS.
PEOPLE WHO WANT TO LEARN NEW SKILLS.
PEOPLE LIKE GRADUATE DIANE KEENE, WHO HAD A SUCCESSFUL FIRST CAREER BUT FOUND A NEW PASSION AND PROFESSION THROUGH THE CULINARY ARTS AND BAKING PROGRAM AT TCL TO EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THE GRADUATES HERE TODAY.
IT IS AN HONOR AND TO STAND HERE BEFORE YOU AS YOU PREPARE TO RECEIVE YOUR CERTIFICATES, YOUR DIPLOMAS AND ASSOCIATE DEGREES.
THIS IS A MOMENTOUS OCCASION THAT MARKS THE CULMINATION OF YOUR HARD WORK, DEDICATION AND PERSEVERANCE.
BE PROUD OF ALL THAT YOUR RECOGNITION THIS EVENING REPRESENTS YOU EARNED IT.
CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR PERSEVERANCE, YOUR COMMITMENT AND ACHIEVEMENT IN YOUR EDUCATION.
IT TRULY IS THE ONE THING NOBODY CAN EVER TAKE AWAY FROM YOU.
THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS DR.
WE, WE HAVE A LITTLE MEMENTO FOR YOU TO TAKE WITH YOU AND UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS, BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S DRINKABLE.
WILL THE CANDIDATES FOR THE CERTIFICATE PLEASE RISE.
THESE STUDENTS HAVE COMPLETED ALL CERTIFICATE REQUIREMENTS AT THE TECHNICAL COLLEGE OF THE LOW COUNTRY AND HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY THE FACULTY.
I AM HAPPY TO PRESENT THEM TO YOU AT THIS TIME IN ORDER THAT YOU MIGHT CONFER UPON THEM THE CERTIFICATE.
HOW WE DOING? HUNTER JAMES AQUI CERTIFICATE IN ARTS EARLY COLLEGE CREDIT OPPORTUNITY.
SONAY ALSTON CERTIFICATE IN ARTS EARLY COLLEGE CREDIT OPPORTUNITY.
EDSON ALVAEZ CERTIFICATE AND APPLIED SCIENCE KEANA.
DENISE BLACK CERTIFICATE IN APPLIED SCIENCE.
GABRIELLE BRIANNA CHENEY CERTIFICATE IN APPLIED SCIENCE AND A CERTIFICATE IN ARTS EARLY COLLEGE CREDIT OPPORTUNITY.
ANGELICA ALANDRA CHAVEZ CERTIFICATE IN ARTS EARLY COLLEGE CREDIT OPPORTUNITY JAMIAH DIAMOND SONAY COLEMAN CERTIFICATE IN APPLIED SCIENCES.
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IN APPLIED SCIENCE.CHRISTIAN DANIELLE DANSLER CERTIFICATE IN ARTS EARLY COLLEGE CREDIT OPPORTUNITY FARRAH Z DOE CERTIFICATE IN ARTS EARLY COLLEGE CREDIT OPPORTUNITY.
TY TA EVANS CERTIFICATE IN APPLIED SCIENCE.
LYDIA A FIELDS CERTIFICATE AND APPLIED SCIENCE.
THE VA LEAD FORD CERTIFICATE IN ARTS EARLY COLLEGE CREDIT OPPORTUNITY.
JUDAH FIELDS CERTIFICATE IN ARTS EARLY COLLEGE CREDIT OPPORTUNITY.
TIFFANY FORTIER CERTIFICATE IN APPLIED SCIENCE.
AMANDA LEE GARRETT CERTIFICATE IN APPLIED SCIENCE.
JEREMY RENARD GIBBONS CERTIFICATE IN ARTS EARLY COLLEGE CREDIT OPPORTUNITY.
SAMARA SHANA GIBBS CERTIFICATE IN ARTS EARLY COLLEGE CREDIT OPPORTUNITY.
WHITNEY BERNICE JEFFERSON CERTIFICATE IN APPLIED SCIENCE.
DANIELLA GUADALUPE LANDEROS CERTIFICATE IN ARTS EARLY COLLEGE CREDIT OPPORTUNITY.
SAMANTHA BROOKE MARTA CERTIFICATE AND APPLIED SCIENCE.
FAITH IN MURRAY CERTIFICATE IN ARTS EARLY COLLEGE CREDIT OPPORTUNITY.
SANDRA MARCONI CERTIFICATE IN APPLIED SCIENCE.
MAJA SIMONE KIANA MURRAY CERTIFICATE IN APPLIED SCIENCE.
ANGELICA NICOLE RAMIREZ, CERTIFICATE IN ARTS EARLY COLLEGE CREDIT OPPORTUNITY.
OLIVIA RICHARDSON, CERTIFICATE IN APPLIED SCIENCE.
JUDITH ANITA RUSSELL CERTIFICATE IN APPLIED SCIENCE.
FIVE THETA KAPPA KIM STONE CERTIFICATE IN APPLIED SCIENCE.
THE CARRA ELAINE WALLACE CERTIFICATE IN APPLIED SCIENCE.
KHA CHAVE WASHINGTON CERTIFICATE AND APPLIED SCIENCE.
TIFFANY WILLIS CERTIFICATE AND APPLIED SCIENCE.
INGRID GATON DIPLOMA IN APPLIED SCIENCE.
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BELLA GRACE HEER DIPLOMA IN APPLIED SCIENCE.CAROLINE MARIE LAVRY DIPLOMA AND APPLIED SCIENCE.
TEGAN ROSE MANNING DIPLOMA AND APPLIED SCIENCE.
RILEY AND MARIE FINDLER DIPLOMA AND APPLIED SCIENCE MAGNA K*M LAW.
STELLA MARIE PETI DIPLOMA AND APPLIED SCIENCE, THE ASSOCIATE DEGREE.
CAN I BORROW THE PODIUM FOR A MOMENT? THANK YOU WILL.
THE CANDIDATES FOR THE ASSOCIATE DEGREE PLEASE RISE.
PRESIDENT GOFF, THESE STUDENTS HAVE COMPLETED ALL DEGREE REQUIREMENTS AT THE TECHNICAL COLLEGE OF THE LOW COUNTRY AND HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY THE FACULTY.
I AM HAPPY TO PRESENT THEM TO YOU AT THIS TIME IN ORDER THAT YOU MIGHT CONFER UPON THEM THE ASSOCIATE DEGREE.
KATHERINE VICA, ADDERS ORING ASSOCIATE AND APPLIED SCIENCE MELAN KICE ANDERSON, ASSOCIATE IN ARTS EARLY COLLEGE CREDIT OPPORTUNITY.
BIANCA ARIN, ASSOCIATE AND APPLIED SCIENCE.
BLAINE VICTORIA ALEXANDER, ASSOCIATE IN APPLIED SCIENCE.
JAN AMBER, AK ASSOCIATE IN APPLIED SCIENCE.
CHARLENE MICHELLE BOGGS, ASSOCIATE AND APPLIED SCIENCE.
MARLINA WITA BENSON ASSOCIATE IN ARTS EARLY COLLEGE CREDIT OPPORTUNITY.
JESSICA BLACKBURN, ASSOCIATE IN ARTS GRACE.
KATHERINE BURICH, ASSOCIATE IN ARTS EARLY COLLEGE CREDIT OPPORTUNITY RONIA GABRIELLE BONDS ASSOCIATE IN ARTS EARLY COLLEGE CREDIT OPPORTUNITY.
PAULETTE MAGDALIA BAILEY ASSOCIATE AND APPLIED SCIENCE TO THOMAS CLIFFORD BAILEY, ASSOCIATE IN APPLIED SCIENCE.
ROBERT L. BROWN ASSOCIATE IN ARTS.
SAMANTHA GRACE, BEAVER ASSOCIATE AND APPLIED SCIENCE MAGNA K*M LAUDE FIVE THETA KAPPA RENA MIRA BUENO, BATCHELDER ASSOCIATE AND APPLIED
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SCIENCE.BETTY RUTH CAPPLEMAN, ASSOCIATE AND APPLIED SCIENCE FIVE THETA KAPPA MAGNA K*M LAW.
JAMIL CRUZ MARIA ASSOCIATE AND APPLIED SCIENCE DENALI AUTUMN CARR ASSOCIATE AND APPLIED SCIENCE.
SHERRY LYNN CONNOLLY, ASSOCIATE AND APPLIED SCIENCE.
CASSANDRA ROSE CASTALDI ASSOCIATE AND APPLIED SCIENCE.
CARMEN RAVEN CROSBY, ASSOCIATE AND APPLIED SCIENCE.
SHARI COX, ASSOCIATE IN SCIENCE EARLY COLLEGE CREDIT OPPORTUNITY.
DENISE RENEE CHARLES, ASSOCIATE IN ARTS ZHI BETA AMICKA.
LISA CRAWFORD, ASSOCIATE AND APPLIED SCIENCE.
ANNIE M DAYS ASSOCIATE AND APPLIED SCIENCE.
MCKAYLA DRAYTON, ASSOCIATE IN APPLIED SCIENCE.
STEPHANIE JOSHLYN, DON JUAN ASSOCIATE IN ARTS EARLY COLLEGE CREDIT OPPORTUNITY HALEY DORTCH, ASSOCIATE AND APPLIED SCIENCE VERNON P EDLIN, ASSOCIATE AND APPLIED SCIENCE.
CARLY MARIE EDMONDSON, ASSOCIATE AND APPLIED SCIENCE.
ASPEN GRACE ELLER ASSOCIATE AND APPLIED SCIENCE FIVE THETA KAPPA EMMA GRACE EPPERSON ASSOCIATE IN APPLIED SCIENCE.
SAMUEL ALLEN FARLEY, ASSOCIATE AND APPLIED SCIENCE MAGNA LAW FIVE THETA CAP.
MCKAYLA CHANEL FERGUSON, ASSOCIATE IN ARTS EARLY COLLEGE CREDIT OPPORTUNITY.
LETICIA FIELDS ASSOCIATE AND APPLIED SCIENCE.
NAIMA FULLER ASSOCIATE IN ARTS.
JOANNE GUO, ASSOCIATE AND APPLIED SCIENCE MAGNA K*M LAUDED KRISTA GILLIGAN ASSOCIATE AND APPLIED SCIENCE.
ISAAC TERRELL GORDON, ASSOCIATE IN ARTS FIVE THETA KAPPA K*M LAUDE.
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ASHLEY DRE GRANT ASSOCIATE IN APPLIED SCIENCE.ZARIA SHAONE GREEN ASSOCIATE IN ARTS EARLY COLLEGE CREDIT OPPORTUNITY.
LORI DALLAS GIBBONS ASSOCIATE IN ARTS PHI THETA KAPPA VICTORIA VALENTINA GONZALEZ, ASSOCIATE IN APPLIED SCIENCE.
JOSHUA E. GOOD PASTOR ASSOCIATE IN APPLIED SCIENCE.
MARIANA J HATCHER, ASSOCIATE AND APPLIED SCIENCE SUMMA K*M LAW VIRGINIA HUDSON ASSOCIATE AND APPLIED SCIENCE MAGNA K*M LAW.
HOLLY KRISTEN HART, ASSOCIATE AND APPLIED SCIENCE TO BE DIPLOMA.
AND IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE CARRIE DANIEL HARRIS, ASSOCIATE AND APPLIED SCIENCE K*M DONNA M. HARDING, ASSOCIATE AND APPLIED SCIENCE K*M LAUDE, CAMIA HAT APO ASSOCIATE AND APPLIED SCIENCE MAGNA C*M LAW.
MEGAN LEE HIRES ASSOCIATE AND APPLIED SCIENCE FOLA.
ROSIE HERNANDEZ CERNA, ASSOCIATE IN ARTS.
RILEY HILL DIPLOMA AND APPLIED SCIENCE.
VALERIE ASO ASSOCIATE AND APPLIED SCIENCE.
KIRSTEN JONES, ASSOCIATE AND APPLIED SCIENCE WHAT YOU WANT GO NOW.
MATISSE
LORD ANGELA M. JACKSON ASSOCIATE AND APPLIED SCIENCE SUMMA C*M LAUDE PHI THETA KAPPA DIAMOND JET ASSOCIATE IN SCIENCE FIVE THETA KAPPA.
ALICIA LORENA JACKSON, ASSOCIATE IN ARTS EARLY COLLEGE CREDIT OPPORTUNITY TANIS JOHNSON, ASSOCIATE AT ARTS.
DIANE W KEEN ASSOCIATE AND APPLIED SCIENCE SUMMA C*M LAUDE.
DEBORAH ANN KUK, ASSOCIATE AND APPLIED SCIENCE SUMMA K*M LAUDE FIVE THETA KAPPA CHELSEA LEE, KU KUZI ASSOCIATE AND APPLIED SCIENCE.
K*M LAUDE DARBY M KINZIE ASSOCIATE IN ARTS.
PAMELA MICHELLE LOPEZ, ASSOCIATE IN SCIENCE.
LETICIA LACHE LANDRUM ASSOCIATE
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AND APPLIED SCIENCE.MICHAELIA MOISHA LAWRENCE ASSOCIATE AND APPLIED SCIENCE.
LAYLA SIMONE LOVE ASSOCIATE IN ART'S EARLY COLLEGE CREDIT OPPORTUNITY.
SIDNEY DANIELLE LISTER, ASSOCIATE IN APPLIED SCIENCE.
MAISHA ANICE LANE ASSOCIATE AND APPLIED SCIENCE.
ALEXIS TIERRA MITCHELL, ASSOCIATE AND APPLIED SCIENCE N JASMINE MCCULLOUGH, ASSOCIATE AND APPLIED SCIENCE.
XAVIER MATTHEW MCKEON, ASSOCIATE IN SCIENCE.
CAITLIN DENISE MULTRY, ASSOCIATE IN ARTS.
K*M LAUDE EARLY COLLEGE CREDIT OPPORTUNITY.
MCKAYLA RENEE MCKENZIE, ASSOCIATE IN ARTS EARLY COLLEGE CREDIT OPPORTUNITY BAILEY LANIER MOORE, ASSOCIATE AND APPLIED SCIENCE.
ANNA G. MACIAS, ASSOCIATE AND APPLIED SCIENCE MAGNA C*M LAUDE.
LOGAN ZACHARY MARK ASSOCIATE IN ARTS.
ISAAC DAVID MORALES, ASSOCIATE IN ARTS.
LYNN MARIE MAHO, ASSOCIATE IN ARTS.
MAGNA C*M LAUDE EARLY COLLEGE CREDIT OPPORTUNITY.
TAMIA JANINE MILLER, ASSOCIATE IN SCIENCE EARLY COLLEGE CREDIT OPPORTUNITY.
BERTHA JASMINE MONTERO, ASSOCIATE IN APPLIED SCIENCE.
ALANDRA DEL CARMEN MERCADO EVANGELISTA, ASSOCIATE IN APPLIED SCIENCE.
ALEX RANDALL OWENS, ASSOCIATE IN APPLIED SCIENCE.
JOSHUA PRESTON, ASSOCIATE IN SCIENCE MAGNA K*M LAUDE PHI THETA KAPPA DONOVAN.
JASON PETERSON, ASSOCIATE IN ARTS EARLY COLLEGE CREDIT OPPORTUNITY.
K C PIERCE ASSOCIATE IN ARTS DESTINY.
CELINE VICTORIA ROBINSON, ASSOCIATE IN ARTS EARLY COLLEGE CREDIT OPPORTUNITY FIVE THETA KAPPA E FROM JORDAN.
EDWARD RUSSELL, ASSOCIATE IN SCIENCE.
CATHERINE RAMIREZ, ASSOCIATE AND APPLIED SCIENCE MAGNA K*M LAUDE.
CHRISTINA MARINA, RANK ASSOCIATE AND APPLIED SCIENCE.
MEGAN PATRICIA ROBOWSKI, ASSOCIATE AND APPLIED SCIENCE SUMMA C*M LAUDE PHI THETA KAPPA
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WILLIAM JAMES ROBERTS III, ASSOCIATE IN ARTS.KENDRA MERE RILEY ASSOCIATE IN ARTS EARLY COLLEGE CREDIT OPPORTUNITY VEIL, ALDEN SLAR, ASSOCIATE IN APPLIED SCIENCE.
LORI K STOCKMAN, ASSOCIATE AND APPLIED SCIENCE.
K*M LAUDE P THETA KAPPA, TINA MARIE SIMMONS, ASSOCIATE AND APPLIED SCIENCE.
SHAKIA DEMETRIUS SMITH, ASSOCIATE AND APPLIED SCIENCE.
HANNAH SCOTT ASSOCIATE AND APPLIED SCIENCE K*M LAUDE.
SARAH ELIZABETH SILVERS, ASSOCIATE AND APPLIED SCIENCE.
REBECCA CAROLINE SIMONSON, ASSOCIATE IN APPLIED SCIENCE.
AMY SUZANNE SMITH, ASSOCIATE IN APPLIED SCIENCE.
CALISTA C SHEPHERD ASSOCIATE AND APPLIED SCIENCE DESIRE TAMARIA TONIA SMALLS ASSOCIATE IN ARTS EARLY COLLEGE CREDIT OPPORTUNITY.
JASON LEROY SMALLS, ASSOCIATE IN ARTS C*M LAUDE NIGERIA ROSE TAYLOR ASSOCIATE IN APPLIED SCIENCE.
MADELINE LOUISE TUCKER, ASSOCIATE IN APPLIED SCIENCE.
BRIANNA LYNN VERDO, ASSOCIATE AND APPLIED SCIENCE.
WHITE ASSOCIATE IN ARTS EARLY COLLEGE CREDIT OPPORTUNITY.
TERESA LYNN WOOTEN, ASSOCIATE AND APPLIED SCIENCE MAYOR MARILYN GAY WADE ASSOCIATE IN ARTS.
SHAMIR ALEXANDRIA WASHINGTON ASSOCIATE AND APPLIED SCIENCE.
CYNTHIA WILSON, ASSOCIATE AND APPLIED SCIENCE.
BROOKE WHITE ASSOCIATE AND APPLIED SCIENCE.
KANE WEBB ASSOCIATE AND ARTS EARLY COLLEGE CREDIT OPPORTUNITY JADA WILSON ASSOCIATE AND APPLIED SCIENCE MAGNA C*M LAUDE PHI THETA KAPPA JOCELYN ELAINE YOUNGBLOOD, ASSOCIATE IN ARTS.
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SO AT THIS POINT IN OUR CEREMONY I WANT TO INJECT INSERT ONE REALLY IMPORTANT MOMENT AND THIS IS THE PRESENTATION AND I THINK YOU CAN SIT DOWN IN THE BACK ROW IF YOU WANT.THIS IS THE PRESENTATION OF THE PRESIDENTIAL MEDALLION IS THE TOP AWARD GIVEN BY THE COLLEGE TO A CITIZEN OF THE COMMUNITY WHO HONORS.
WE TRY TO HONOR THEM AS A LEADER WHO EXHIBITED ENTHUSIASM, INTEGRITY, PERSEVERANCE BEYOND THE ORDINARY TO HELP BUILD A STRONGER COMMUNITY.
THIS IS THE 10TH YEAR WE'VE DONE THIS AND THIS YEAR THE 2023 RECIPIENT IS MR. RUFUSS PINKNEY.
BEFORE I ASK RUFUSS TO STEP UP HERE, LET ME JUST TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HIM AND WHY HE WAS CHOSEN.
HE'S RAISED IN A SMALL TOWN OF SHELDON HERE IN BEAUFORT COUNTY.
GRADUATED FROM ROBERT SMALLS HIGH SCHOOL IN 67.
NEXT YEAR ATTENDED MATHER JUNIOR COLLEGE, WHICH IS LOCATED ON OUR CAMPUS, THE DUB BUFORT MATHER CAMPUS.
OF COURSE, HE WENT ON TO EARN A BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE IN ACCOUNTING FROM SAVANNAH STATE.
HIS LONG CAREER WITH INTERNATIONAL PAPER SAVANNAH ENTAILED 46 YEARS BEFORE HE RETIRED IN 2015.
HE HAS A PASSION WORKING WITH COMMUNITY LEADERS AND ORGANIZATIONS THAT AIM TO ENHANCE, ENRICH THE LIVES OF FOLKS AROUND HIM.
HE IS A, HE CURRENTLY SERVES AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE MATHERS SCHOOL COASTAL LOW COUNTRY ALUMNI CHAPTER BOARD CHAIRMAN FOR THE MATHER INTERPRETIVE CENTER IN BEAUFORT AND A MEMBER OF THE TECHNICAL COLLEGE OF THE LOCAL COUNTRY FOUNDATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
HE'S BEEN THE CATALYST FOR THE INCLUSION OF THE MATHERS SCHOOL HISTORY IN THE RECONSTRUCTION ERA, NATIONAL HISTORIC NETWORK AND THE AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY CURRICULUM AND BEAUFORT COUNTY SCHOOLS.
AWARD THIS YEAR'S PRESIDENTIAL BATTALION TO MR. RUFUSS PINK ME.
THIS IS THE COLLEGE'S HIGHEST HONOR AND I CAN THINK OF A MORE DESERVING PERSON THAN RUFUSS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO YOUR COMMUNITY AND THE TECHNICAL COLLEGE OF THE UH, OF LOW COUNTRY RUFUSS.
DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS FOR YEAH, I'M GONNA SEE A COUPLE
GOFF CALLED ME AND TOLD ME THAT I WOULD BE THE NEXT RECIPIENT, I THOUGHT MAYBE HE HAD THE WRONG PHONE NUMBER.
BUT UM, I GOOGLED SOME OF THE PAST RECIPIENTS AND I REALIZE THAT I'M IN SOME PRETTY GOOD COMPANY.
THE MOMENT YOU'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THE FACULTY OF THE TECHNICAL COLLEGE OF THE COUNTRY HAS RECOMMENDED THAT EACH OF YOU RECEIVE AN ASSOCIATE DEGREE, A DIPLOMA OR CERTIFICATE IN YOUR MAJOR FIELD.
BY VIRTUE OF THE AUTHORITY OF VESTED IN ME BY THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, I CONFER UPON EACH OF YOU THE AWARD FOR WHICH YOU QUALIFY WITH ALL THE RIGHTS, PRIVILEGES, HONOR, RESPONSIBILITIES, WHICH BELONG TO OWNERS OF THESE AWARDS STUDENTS.
THIS IS THE MOMENT YOU GET TO MOVE THAT TASSEL.
IT'S FROM RIGHT TO LEFT, RIGHT TO LEFT.
SO I GET TO INTRODUCE SCOTT GIBBS.
SCOTT IS AN AMAZING VOCALIST AND HE'S GOING TO NOW SING THE TECHNICAL COLLEGE OF THE LOW COUNTRY ALMA MATER.
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BORN BY THE WATER TAUGHT BY THE SEA T C L T C L.WE BORN BY THE WATER TAUGHT BY THE SEA TECHNICAL COLLEGE OF THE LOW COUNTRY.
BORN BY THE WATER TAUGHT BY THE SEA T C L T CREED, BORN BY THE WATER TAUGHT BY THE SEA TECHNICAL COLLEGE OF THE LOW COUNTRY.
HONORING OUR PAST WITH THOU HAM HEADS AND HEARTS.
I AM WORTHY AND BUILDING WITH THIS GREAT FIRST ART TURN DREAMS INTO REALITIES, CONQUER POSSIBILITIES, REACHING FOR AND WIDE RISING LIKE THE TIDE BORN ON WATER TAUGHT BY THE SEA T C L T C L BY THE WATER TAUGHT BY THE SEA TECHNICAL COLLEGE OF THE LOW COUNTRY.
BORN BY THE WATER TAUGHT BY THE SEA T C L T C L BY THE WATER TAUGHT BY THE SEA TECHNICAL COLLEGE OF THE LOW COUNTRY.
NO MATTER WHAT, THIS IS WHAT YOU'LL SEE.
WE TURN POTENTIAL INTO REALITY.
CONTINUOUSLY ELEVATE THE COMMUNITY WE SERVE WITH THE MATHER RIGHT FORMULA AND EDUCATION YOU DESERVE.
BORN BY THE WATER, TORN BY THE TCL TCL BY THE WATER, TAUGHT BY THE SEA TECHNICAL COLLEGE OF THE LOW COUNTRY BY THE WATER TAUGHT BY THE SEA TCL, T C L BY WATER TAUGHT BY THE SEA TECHNICAL COLLEGE OF THE LOW COUNTRY TECHNICAL COLLEGE OF THE COUNTRY.
TECHNICAL COLLEGE OF THE LOW COUNTRY.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CLASS OF 2023.
I THINK BRIGHT THINGS ARE AHEAD.
PRAY WITH ME AS WE CLOSE NIGHT AND PLEASE STAND IF YOU WOULD.
GRACIOUS FATHER, IT IS GOOD TO TAKE TIME TO CELEBRATE THE MILESTONES OF LIFE AS WE HAVE DONE HERE THIS EVENING.
IT HAS BEEN SO WONDERFUL TO APPLAUD AND RECOGNIZE THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF EACH OF THESE GRADUATES WHO MAKE UP THE TECHNICAL COLLEGE CLASS OF 2023.
MAY EACH GRADUATE BE EVER MINDFUL AND THANKFUL FOR EACH PERSON WHO MADE THIS ACHIEVEMENT POSSIBLE.
MEMBERS OF THEIR FAMILIES, TEACHERS, COACHES, GUIDANCE COUNSELORS, ENCOURAGING FRIENDS AND OTHERS.
I WANT TO PRAY A BLESSING OVER EACH OF THESE GRADUATES AS THEY BEGIN THE NEXT CHAPTER THAT FOLLOWS IN THE DAYS AHEAD, AS THESE STUDENTS CONTINUE THEIR EDUCATION OR BEGIN NEW JOBS OR START NEW CAREERS OR CONTINUE TO TAKE A NEXT STEP OF SOME KIND, WHATEVER THE NEXT CHAPTER HOLDS.
I PRAY G GRACIOUS FATHER, THAT YOU WOULD BLESS EACH STUDENT HERE THIS EVENING.
I ALSO PRAY THAT EACH OF THESE STUDENTS WILL GET A GLIMPSE OF THEIR OPPORTUNITY TO POSITIVELY IMPACT THIS COMMUNITY THAT NEEDS EAGER MINDS AND HEARTS THAT WANT TO MAKE OUR CITY, OUR STATE, OUR COUNTRY, OUR WORLD A BETTER PLACE.
AND MAY EACH OF THEM KNOW THAT YOU HAVE A PLAN FOR THEM, A PLAN TO PROSPER THEM AND NOT TO HARM THEM.
A PLAN TO GIVE THEM A HOPE AND A FUTURE AND CONTINUE TO BLESS THOSE WHO DO SUCH AN AMAZING JOB GUIDING THE TECHNICAL COLLEGE OF THE LOW COUNTRY AND THEIR MISSION TO PROVIDE ACCESSIBLE HIGH QUALITY ACADEMIC EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE
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TRAINING TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY.BLESS THE LEADERS, ADMINISTRATION AND FACULTY WHO WILLINGLY ENDEAVOR TO MAKE THIS MISSION A REALITY EACH AND EVERY DAY.
GRACIOUS FATHER, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US HERE TONIGHT AND I MAKE MY PRAYER IN THE NAME OF YOUR SON JESUS CHRIST.
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AND THANK YOU FOR WATCHING THE COUNTY CHANNEL.
THIS IS ONE OF OUR CORN SNAKES FROM THE NATURE CENTER AND I KNEW IT WAS UH, GRAVID, SO I BROUGHT IT HOME AND SET IT UP HERE.
YOU NOTICED THIS F*G, THE MOSS IN A CONTAINER IN IT'S LAID IN EGG AND I THINK IT'S PROBABLY GONNA LAY A BUNCH MORE THIS, ASSUME THAT ON THAT EGG A LITTLE BIT.
I DON'T WANT TO DISTURB HER TOO MUCH.
SO WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO IS COME BACK AND SEE IF SHE LAYS MORE.
SO GUYS, I'M BACK AND IT LOOKS LIKE SHE'S LAID FIVE EGGS AND OH MY GOSH, HERE COMES ONE RIGHT NOW.
SO SHE'S ABOUT TO LAY AN EGG AND SHE'S KIND OF HAS CONTRACTIONS AND SHE'S JUST PUSHING THAT EGG OUT OF ONE OF HER OVERDOG.
AND THE OTHER THING YOU NOTICE IS THESE EGGS HAVE A TENDENCY TO ADHERE TOGETHER.
SO THEY STICK TOGETHER WITH KIND OF A CLUE LIKE SUBSTANCE AND THAT KEEPS THE EGGS FROM UM, ROLLING AROUND.
AND IF THEY STAY KIND OF IN AN UPRIGHT POSITION, THEN THE EMBRYO DOESN'T DIE.
YOU NOTICE THEY'RE REALLY SOFT WHEN THEY'RE FIRST LAID, BUT THEN THEY KIND OF, UH, GET A MORE LEATHERY SORT OF OUTSIDE COVERING.
SO THAT'S SIX EGGS AND IT LOOKS LIKE SHE'S GOT A LOT MORE INSIDE HER.
I'M GONNA BACK OFF AND GIVE HER SOME SPACE.
AND YOU CAN SEE SHE'S DONE LAYING.
IT LOOKS LIKE SHE HAS ABOUT 18 OR SO EGGS.
SHE LOOKS LIKE SHE'S DOING FINE.
THE EGGS LOOK TERRIFIC, BOY, THEY'RE NICE AND WHITE AND PRETTY LEATHERY SHELLS.
SO WE'RE GONNA PUT THESE IN VERMICULITE FOR ABOUT TWO MONTHS AND THEY'RE GONNA HATCH INTO CUTE LITTLE EIGHT INCH CORN SNAKE BABIES.
I'VE PUT 'EM IN VERMICULITE AND YOU CAN SEE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S REAL COMMONLY USED FOR NURSERIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
I'M GONNA COVER 'EM UP JUST A LITTLE BIT AND THEN I'M GONNA PUT A LID ON THEM AND THIS GOT A COUPLE LITTLE AIR HOLES.
AND THEN I'M GONNA PUT THIS IN A WARM PLACE IN THE GARAGE AND THEN I'M GOING TO COME BACK AND CHECK ON 'EM IN WHILE, IN ABOUT TWO MONTHS.
ACTUALLY, I AM WAYNE ELLI, PRESIDENT OF THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES.
WE'RE OFFERING A $5,000 REWARD FOR INFORMATION LEADING TO THE ARREST OF ANY PERSON INVOLVED IN ANIMAL FIGHTING.
CONTACT US@HUMANESOCIETY.ORG TO HELP LAW ENFORCEMENT CRACK DOWN ON THIS CRIME.
THIS MESSAGE IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY BEAUFORT COUNTY ANIMAL CONTROL.