三个在毕业典礼上被认可

发布于2024年5月3日星期五

An LC graduate, an honorary alum and a local city official who each have made significant contributions in the fields of business, 政府和医疗保健将在周六的毕业典礼上庆祝, May 4, at 8:30 a.m., at Callaway Stadium.

The Distinguished Service Alumni Award will be given to Greg Wright ’88 and honorary doctorates in medicine and law will be bestowed on Dr. 吉姆·布鲁斯和已故的威利·埃德蒙森市长.

Wright 毕业于威尼斯人娱乐城，获得工商管理学士学位.

He is the senior director of community and economic development for Coweta-Fayette EMC, 一个会员所有的电力合作社，服务超过75人,在亚特兰大西南的8个县有000名成员. 赖特还担任考维塔县在考维塔的代表, Fayette, 梅里韦瑟联合发展局.

在担任目前的职务之前, 他是科韦塔县发展局的主席, where he assisted new and existing companies on economic development projects that resulted in over 3,400个新工作岗位和超过8亿美元的社区新投资. 赖特还担任过纽南-考维塔商会主席.

Early in his career, 赖特曾担任前众议院议长纽特·金里奇的立法主管, state director for former United States Senator Saxby Chambliss and regional project manager with the Georgia Department of Economic Development.

At LaGrange College, he served on the Board of Trustees and as president of the Leadership Council. 赖特在2006年获得了沙克尔福德校友成就奖. 此外，他还是Quadrangle Society和Pillars Circle的成员.

Wright’s community involvement includes serving as past chairman of both the Georgia Economic Developers Association and Georgia Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives. 他还担任乔治亚商会(Georgia Chamber of Commerce)董事会成员, Georgia Foreign Trade-Zone, 南方经济发展委员会, 大西乔治亚联合开发局, 三江地区委员会.

Dr. Jim Bruce Jr., of Tiger, Georgia, is a retired orthopedist who dedicated his time and energy to caring for LaGrange College student-athletes and Troup County residents for over 30 years.

He earned a bachelor of science degree from Auburn University and his medical degree from Duke University in Durham, N.C.

Dr. Bruce founded Orthopedic Clinic of West Georgia in LaGrange in 1982 and then, along with Dr. Daniel Guy and Dr. 罗伯特·科默福德(Robert Comerford)于1995年建立了南方骨科中心. He joined Emory Healthcare in 2011 and continued to practice orthopedic surgery and sports medicine in LaGrange until his retirement in 2017.

At LaGrange College, he serves on the Board of Trustees and held the role of president of the Leadership Council from 2003-2004. 他于2013年获得荣誉校友奖.

Dr. 布鲁斯是当地希望基金会的高级副主席, a nonprofit organization that provides education and healthcare in the Highlands of Guatemala. He also serves as chair of the organization’s Healthcare Excellence Committee and its Local Hope Forever endowment campaign. Dr. Bruce also volunteers with Faith in Practice, a medical mission to Antigua, Guatemala.

他和妻子黛比育有两个孩子.

The late Rev. Dr. Willie Edmondson was a dedicated public servant who faithfully served the city of LaGrange for over two decades, 先是作为市议员，然后是市长.

直到他2024年2月去世, he worked diligently on launching initiatives to improve public safety and bring businesses to LaGrange.

他是威尼斯人娱乐城以北的安提阿人. Edmondson graduated from Troup High School and West Georgia Technical College before he entered the health care profession as a nurse at City County Hospital (now Wellstar West Georgia Medical Center). 追随他的医疗事业, 他被召去当牧师, 这是他在西点军校伯利恒浸信会担任的职务, Georgia, for 40 years.

Dr. Edmondson was also a business owner who acquired Lakes-Dunson-Robertson Funeral Home in 2002 after several years working there, 照顾失去亲人的家庭.

He pursued studies at Interdenominational Theological Center (ITC) in Atlanta and Jehovah Jireh Seminary in Alexander City, Alabama, 他在那里获得了世界宣教和护教学的博士学位.

Dr. Edmondson began serving as LaGrange’s District 2 councilmember in 1998 and was elected as the city’s first African American mayor in 2023. During his tenure, he helped bring important economic and community development projects to LaGrange. 一些值得注意的举措包括The Thread, Great Wolf Lodge, 市中心走廊和格里格斯娱乐中心的重建.

He is survived by his wife, Glenda, their four adult children, Tony, Kim, Jay and Mercades, and 11 grandchildren.

 

Campus Notes

• 教职员工在4月25日的年度 employee appreciation ceremony. 服务奖颁发给:5岁的艾丽莎·劳森, Amber McGlawn, Justin Muller, Tim Fitz-Gerald; 15 years – Lee Davis, Jon Ernstberger; 20 years – David Wiggins; 25 years – Laine Scott, Kevin Shirley; 30 years – Martha Pirkle; 35 years – Greg McClanahan; and 40 years – Maranah Sauter.                                 
• 恭喜Amber Baldridge 07届，Ratoya Mason 20届，Kelli Tolbert博士. John Tures and Dr. 威廉·尹，今年的获奖者 Presidential Awards. 鲍德里奇获得了优秀奖. Mason, Tolbert and Dr. ture在学生服务类别中获得认可. Dr. 尹在创新类别中获得认可.                                                                                         
• The college celebrated Ely R. Callaway Sr. Professor and Business Chair Dr. Linda McMullen 谁在工作了25年后这个学期退休了. She is a two-time recipient of the United Methodist General Board of Higher Education and Ministry Exemplary Teacher Award.

• President Susanna Baxter will give a commencement address at her alma mater Pfeiffer University on Saturday, May 11.

• Congratulations to our graduating seniors 敲教堂的钟来庆祝他们的成就. The list includes Leia Avery, accepted a full-time job at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta; Aubrie Cardwell, accepted into LC’s Clinical Mental Health Counseling master’s program; Faith Burgamy, accepted into LC’s Master of Education Curriculum and Instruction program and received a full-time teaching position at Elbert County Elementary; Christian Dyer, accepted into the financial planning master’s program at the University of Georgia; Logan Frady, accepted into the financial planning master’s program at the University of Georgia; Lindsey Green, 接受了不莱梅的琼妮·洛有限责任公司的一份全职工作, Georgia; Emilee Johnson, accepted into LC’s Master of Education Curriculum and Instruction program and received a full-time teaching position at Franklin Forest Elementary in LaGrange, Georgia; Cam Lyons, accepted into the sport education master’s program at Gardner Webb University in Boiling Springs, North Carolina; Sydney Rojo, accepted into LC’s Master of Education Curriculum and Instruction program and received a full-time teaching position at Hollis Hand Elementary in LaGrange, Georgia; Tyler Rowland, 接受了罗森塔尔公司的全职工作 & Kaplin in Dunwoody, Georgia; Annabell Sapp, accepted a job as a year-round company member at the Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire in Lancaster, Pennsylvania; Hayleigh Sebaugh, accepted into LC’s Master of Arts in Teaching program; Jonyka Tenney, accepted into LC’s Clinical Mental Health Counseling master’s program and Lily Thompson, accepted into LC’s Master of Education Curriculum and Instruction program and received a full-time teaching position at Hollis Hand Elementary.

 

Sports

Baseball

The Panthers had a 3-2 loss, a 4-1 win and an 8-7 4月26日至28日输给了玛丽维尔学院. 球队将于5月2日至4日在亨廷顿学院结束常规赛. The Panthers won 7-4 in game one on Thursday. LC将参加5月8日开始的CCS棒球锦标赛.

大二学生爱德华多·佩拉尔塔被提名 CCS Pitcher of the Week. In last weekend’s win over Maryville, he pitched in eight innings and struck out eight batters.

Softball

LC took an 8-7 loss 到皮埃蒙特在一轮CCS垒球锦标赛在周三，5月1日. 球队在一场比赛后结束了季后赛 3-8 在5月2日星期四的第二场比赛中输给了贝尔黑文.

小亚历克萨·冈萨雷斯被任命为 CCS第二队. 小肯齐·霍恩斯比被任命为 CCS All-Sportsmanship team.

Golf

黑豹队排名第四 CCS Golf Championship April 29-May 1. Sophomore Jeremy Edmunds led the Panthers with a plus six, placing him fifth out of 30 golfers.

Lacrosse

LC以一项 25-7 win on Saturday, April 27. 该队在周二输掉一场比赛后结束了他们的赛季 12-16 loss 在美国南部联盟冠军赛第一轮对阵卫理公会大学.

 

Panther Calendar

(请注意，日程安排可能会因我们无法控制的情况而改变. Please check www.lagrangepanthers.com to confirm.)

Friday, May 3 ——亨廷顿棒球赛，下午三点.m., Montgomery, Alabama

Saturday, May 4 ——中午，阿拉巴马州蒙哥马利，亨廷顿的棒球赛

Wednesday, May 8 棒球(CCS冠军赛-第一轮)vs. Piedmont, 7 p.m., Maryville, Tennessee

 

In the Headlines

菲佛校友将在毕业典礼上致辞, Stanly News & Press, April 24

 

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