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Summer/Fall 2003 Memories

The Class of '03

Close to 300 traditional, degree completion and master’s level students walked across the stage at the Crum Recreation Center this May as Greenville College conducted its 111th commencement exercises.

Festivities for traditional students included the Ivy Cutting Ceremony, choir concert and Baccalaureate. The senior class presented a hanging sign for the lawn of Hogue Hall as their class gift. Justice Robert Thomas of the Illinois Supreme Court’s Second District served as commencement speaker.

Crum Recreation Center was also the site for the adult and graduate studies commencement, held on Saturday. Sharon Smith, executive director at Bethany Place, a nonprofit, community-based AIDS service organization, delivered the address.

Gregory R. Coates became the first student to be a fifth generation Greenville graduate. Beginning with his great-great-grandfather, Daniel Brenneman, from the class of 1904, Coates’ can trace his GC lineage through the women in his family in a period that spans 99 years. His GC legacy began even earlier, as Brenneman’s father served on the board of trustees.

To view more photos, go to the GC website at www.greenville.edu/publications/memories/commencement03/

Congratulations to all our 2003 graduates.

Last updated: September 24, 2003