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U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson (R-Georgia) is slated to give the keynote address to Georgia Gwinnett College students who graduate in December. Forty students are expected to receive their diplomas following the fall 2009 semester, and the commencement ceremony is scheduled to take place on December 19 at 1 p.m. in the atrium of Building B.
Sen. Isakson has been involved in Georgia politics for 35 years – serving 17 years as a member of the Georgia General Assembly in both the House of Representatives and the Senate. In a special election in 1999, he succeeded House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Georgia) for his congressional seat, and five years later was elected to the U.S. Senate, following the retirement of U.S. Sen. Zell Miller.
Winter Commencement 2009 will mark the college’s fourth graduation ceremony since its doors opened in 2006. The college was accredited in June by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS). Following the December commencement, GGC will boast more than 125 graduates. |
