May 10, 2007

Commencement Exercises for the York Tech Class of 2007 to be Held May 15

ROCK HILL—York Technical College will hold its commencement exercises for the class of 2007 on Tuesday, May 15. The ceremony will take place at Byrnes Auditorium on the Winthrop University campus beginning at 7:00 p.m.

This year, there are 632 candidates for graduation. Of those, 393 are candidates for associate degrees and 72 are candidates for diplomas. An additional 167 students will receive certificates for completing programs that are less than one year in length.

Approximately 260 students are expected to take part in Tuesday’s ceremony.

Dr. Barry Russell, president of the South Carolina Technical College System, will deliver the commencement address. Prior to joining the system office in January 2006, Russell served as president of Midlands Technical College in Columbia and executive vice president and chief operating officer of the North Carolina Community College System.

Also at the ceremony, the college will recognize Thi Le as the winner of this year's Distinguished Alumnus Award. Thi is a successful entrepreneur, but that is only a small part of this remarkable woman's story. She came to this country at age 15 from Vietnam with nothing, but her passion for education and hard work has made her a respected community leader and business person.

Thi graduated from York Tech in 1981 with an associate's degree in business. She now owns restaurants in Rock Hill and Charlotte and has served the community through work with the Rock Hill School District Foundation Board, the Red Cross Board, and the city's "No Room for Racism" committee, to name just a few.

For a complete list of the graduates in PDF format, click here.

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