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Delta State Awards First Diplomas

By May 11, 2009General

 

From left, Jonathan Wesley Bostick Womble,  a Delta State graduate with a Bachelor of Commercial Aviation Degree in Flight Operations, of Benoit, Justin Andrew Owen, a Delta State graduate with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in English and Music, from Cleveland, and Laura Kathryn Kinnison, a Delta State graduate with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in English and Political Science, of Cleveland, were awarded the First Diplomas during Delta State University’s 82nd Spring Commencement ceremony held Saturday, May 9, inside Walter Sillers Coliseum on campus.

The First Diploma is presented to the four-year graduating senior with the highest grade point average on a minimum of 112 hours of academic credit at Delta State. The First Diploma is a Delta State tradition started at the first commencement in 1928. The conferring of this degree began the tradition of awarding the first diploma to the student with the highest academic average.