{"id":360,"date":"2006-12-05T10:30:28","date_gmt":"2006-12-05T10:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/2006\/12\/05\/shawhan-to-present-keynote-address-at-delta-states-fall-commencement\/"},"modified":"2013-09-03T12:56:21","modified_gmt":"2013-09-03T12:56:21","slug":"shawhan-to-present-keynote-address-at-delta-states-fall-commencement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/2006\/12\/shawhan-to-present-keynote-address-at-delta-states-fall-commencement\/","title":{"rendered":"Shawhan to present keynote address at Delta State\u2019s fall commencement"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Dorothy Shawhan<\/SPAN> <\/SPAN><\/P><\/TD><\/TR><\/TABLE><\/P><\/SPAN>

Delta<\/SPAN> <\/SPAN>State<\/SPAN> <\/SPAN>University<\/SPAN> is set to hold its 2006 Fall Commencement, Saturday, Dec. 9, at <\/SPAN>10 a.m.<\/SPAN> inside Walter Sillers Coliseum on the DSU campus, with <\/SPAN>Dorothy Shawhan<\/SPAN> to deliver the keynote address. <\/SPAN><\/P>

As has been the practice, the winner of the S.E. Kossman Outstanding Faculty Award delivers the fall commencement keynote address. The 24th<\/SUP> overall recipient of the honor this past May, Shawhan will hold true to the tradition, returning to <\/SPAN>Delta<\/SPAN> <\/SPAN>State<\/SPAN>\u2019s campus, Saturday, to offer wisdom and advice to the graduating class. <\/SPAN><\/P>

Shawhan chaired the Languages and Literature Department at <\/SPAN>Delta<\/SPAN> <\/SPAN>State<\/SPAN> from 1992 until her recent \u201cretirement\u201d in June 2006. The veteran professor of English refused to call her departure a \u201cretirement,\u201d but rather, a \u201cchange in focus.\u201d <\/SPAN><\/P>

That shift has allowed Shawhan more time to write, adding to her growing body of published works. She penned \u201cLizzie,\u201d a novel released by Longstreet Press in 1995, and most recently released the long-awaited biography of Judge Lucy Somerville Howorth, co-authored with Dr. Martha Swain. <\/SPAN><\/P>

A 1964 graduate of <\/SPAN>Mississippi<\/SPAN> <\/SPAN>University<\/SPAN> for Women, she returned to her alma mater as its writer-in-residence this semester. <\/SPAN><\/P>

Next spring, Shawhan will return to <\/SPAN>Cleveland<\/SPAN>. An instructor at <\/SPAN>Delta<\/SPAN> <\/SPAN>State<\/SPAN> since 1981, she still retains an office on the upper floor of Ward Hall on campus.  <\/SPAN><\/P>

Delta<\/SPAN> <\/SPAN>State<\/SPAN> is expected to graduate approximately 390 graduates during its fall commencement exercise. Graduation is free; however a ticket is required for entrance. <\/SPAN><\/P>

For more information on <\/SPAN>Delta<\/SPAN> <\/SPAN>State<\/SPAN>\u2019s upcoming fall graduation, please contact University Relations at (662) 846-4675.<\/SPAN><\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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