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Press Release
For Immediate Release
For
more information contact:
Anna Taylor,
Director of Public Relations and Career Services
770.233.5560
GTC Set to Hold Graduat=
ion
Ceremonies
Griffin, Georgia, May 2=
9, 2008–
Griffin
Technical College is currently making plans to hold the graduation ceremoni=
es
for the GED program and the credit program graduates the second week of Jun=
e at
First Assembly of God Church in Griffin.
Newly
appointed Commissioner of the Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG), R=
on
Jackson, is the speaker for the GED ceremony which is planned for Tuesday, =
June
10, 2008. Jackson had been the
interim commissioner of the TCSG since December 2006 and first came to the
system in December 2004 as deputy commissioner.
Prior
to this task, Ron was the deputy director of the Governor’s Office of
Planning and Budget (OPB) from 2002 to 2004 and also served as OPB’s
director of strategic planning, research and evaluation. While at OPB he served three gover=
nors
and worked on many projects across state government, including strategic
planning for the state and its government agencies. He was also closely involved with
management of
His
management talents were put on loan to the 1996 Summer Olympic Games as the=
executive
assistant to the commander of the State Olympic Law Enforcement Command.
Earlier,
Ron was the director of parole with the Georgia State Board of Pardons and
Paroles from 1991 until 1994, and was that agency’s director of field
operations from 1990 to 1991. He
began his professional career with the Texas Department of Corrections after
graduating from Sam Houston State University in 1971 with a bachelor of sci=
ence
in criminal justice. From 198=
2 to
1990, he served as a commissioner on the Texas Parole Board.
Georgia
State Senator Ronnie Chance plans to deliver the commencement address at the
credit ceremony held on Thursday, June 12, 2008.
Ronnie
Chance was first elected to the State Senate from Georgia’s 16th=
District in 2004. He represen=
ts
five counties in south metro Atlanta and serves as Chairman of the Governme=
nt
Oversight Committee. Chance i=
s also
Secretary of the Finance Committee and serves on the Higher Education and
Economic Development committees and Georgia’s Workforce Investment
Board. In 2006, he was appoin=
ted
Senate Floor Leader by Governor Sonny Perdue.
He
is active in the community and serves on the boards of the Flint River Coun=
cil
Chapter of the Boy Scouts of America, Cochran Mill Nature Center and the
Fayette County Chapter of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. He is a
graduate of Leadership Georgia and was recently named to James MagazineR=
17;s
list of Most Influential Georgians of the Year.
Chance
is a graduate of Georgia State University’s School of Business where =
he
earned a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in marketing. He is married to the former Cressi=
da
Stevens of Gloucestershire, England. The Chances have two daughters, and are
members of Peachtree City United Methodist Church. The family currently resides in Ty=
rone.
Both ceremonies are scheduled to=
begin
at 7:00 pm.
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Chance
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