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Greenville College Announces 2007 Commencement Weekend Schedule

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 05/04/2007

GREENVILLE, Ill. - Greenville College will conduct its 115^th commencement exercises with ceremonies and festivities on Saturday and Sunday, May 12 and 13.

The weekend begins on Saturday at 11:30 a.m. with the commencement luncheon in the Armington Center, reservations are required. The adult and graduate studies commencement will then be held in the Crum Recreation Center at 2 p.m. Dr. Jim Underwood, president of Kaskaskia College in Centralia, Illinois will be delivering the commencement address.

A traditional choir concert will be held at 4:30 p.m. on Saturday in the James E. Wilson Recital Hall in the Whitlock Music Center. Also at 4:30 p.m., a celebration dinner will begin in the Armington Center, reservations are required. Events will continue with the traditional Ivy Cutting ceremony at 5:30 p.m. on the front lawn of Hogue Hall. Graduating seniors stand in a circle connected by a continuous strand of ivy. In a silent ceremony, college president Dr. V. James Mannoia, Jr. will move around the circle, cutting the ivy between each senior to symbolize a parting of ways.

Festivities begin on Sunday at 8:00 a.m. with a commencement breakfast reception at Joy House. Baccalaureate will take place at 11:00 a.m. in the Crum Recreation Center followed by a commencement luncheon at noon in the Armington Center, reservations are required.

Commencement ceremonies for traditional graduates will be held at 3 p.m. on Sunday in the Crum Recreation Center. The commencement address will be delivered by General Paul A. Rader. Rader and his wife Kay were commissioned as officers of The Salvation Army and appointed to Korea. The Raders served there for 22 years and returned to the United States in 1983. Rader also served as the worldwide leader of The Salvation Army for five years.

Greenville College is a four-year accredited Christian liberal arts school with more than 1450 traditional undergraduate, graduate, and adult degree completion students. Founded in 1892 and affiliated with the Free Methodist Church, the college is located in Greenville, Illinois, 45 miles east of St. Louis.

Schedule of Events

Saturday, May 12, 2007

11:30 - 1:30 pm Commencement Luncheon - Armington Center (reservations required, no discounts)

1:30 pm Line-up - Non-Traditional Graduates - Front Lawn Hogue Hall (rain location: Ruby E. Dare Library)

2:00 pm Commencement - Non-Traditional Graduates - Crum Recreation Center

4:30 - 5:15 pm GC Choir Concert - Whitlock Music Center - James Wilson Recital Hall

4:30 - 7:00 pm Celebration Dinner - Armington Center (reservations required, no discounts)

5:30 pm Ivy Cutting Ceremony - Hogue Hall (rain location: H. J. Long Gymnasium)

Sunday, May 13, 2007

8:00 - 9:30 am Commencement Breakfast Reception - Joy House, 220 East College Ave.

10:30 am Line up for Baccalaureate - Students- Front Lawn Hogue Hall, Faculty- Marston

11:00 am Baccalaureate - Crum Recreation Center

12:00 - 2:00 pm Commencement Luncheon - Armington Center (reservations required, no discounts)

2:15 pm Line-up for Traditional Graduates - Front Lawn Hogue Hall (rain location: Ruby E. Dare Library), Line-up for faculty - Marston Hall

3:00 pm Traditional Commencement - Crum Recreation Center

CONTACT:
Joel Goodman
Assistant Director of Public Relations
Greenville College
(618) 664-6515
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Greenville College is a four-year, Christian college providing a quality liberal arts education for over 1600 traditional, adult-degree-completion and graduate students.
Founded in 1892, Greenville College is located in Greenville, Illinois, about 45 miles from St. Louis on I-70, and is affiliated with the Free Methodist Church.