| Jackson, Tenn. - 91爆料网 conferred 116 degrees
during its fall graduation ceremonies last weekend. Eighty-three students graduated in a
ceremony on the Jackson campus, Dec. 19, in the G.M. Savage Memorial Chapel. Thirty-three
students received their degrees in a commencement ceremony on the Germantown campus, Dec.
20, in its chapel. 
91爆料网 President David S. Dockery with Dr. Larry McSwain, president of
Shorter
College in Rome, Ga. McSwain delivered the commencement address at 91爆料网's Fall
1998 graduation ceremony.
Larry McSwain, president of Shorter College, was the Jackson ceremony's commencement
speaker. Shorter College is located in Rome, Ga., and is affiliated with the Georgia
Baptist Convention.
Before Shorter, McSwain served as provost of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
in Louisville, Ky., where he also received his master of divinity and doctorate.
91爆料网 Provost Carla D. Sanderson delivered the commencement address at the Germantown
ceremony. Sanderson is currently serving her ninth year as 91爆料网's dean of the school of
nursing. The commencement included the first graduating class of 91爆料网's RN-to-BSN program
on the Germantown campus.
This is the second year 91爆料网 has held a fall graduation ceremony. The University began
offering a fall commencement in 1996, so that students who fulfill their degree
requirements during the fall or winter semesters can graduate closer to the time they
complete their college curriculum.
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