Nearly 2,400 Degrees, Diplomas, and Certificates Awarded at 2019 Midlands
Technical College Commencement Spring 2019
MTC awarded nearly 2,400 degrees, diplomas, and certificates to students from nearly 100 academic programs during its commencement May 8, 2019, at the Colonial Life Arena. At the ceremony, 85 high school students crossed the stage to earn their college degrees in the same year they will earn their high school diplomas. This marks the largest number of dual-enrollment graduates in the college’s history.
“More and more students are taking college-level courses while still in high school,” said MTC President Rhames. “They get a jump-start on their college education and shorten the time it takes them to earn a college degree.”
The 2019 commencement also continued the tradition of awarding honorary degrees to outstanding friends of the college. Rhames and MTC Commission Chair Garry Powers awarded an Honorary Associate Degree in Humane Letters to the late Honorable Ernest F. Hollings. The retired United States Senator and former South Carolina Governor was a founding force in the establishment of the South Carolina Technical College System.
“MTC is proud to be the beneficiary of the tireless advocacy and generous support of many leaders in our community,” said Rhames. “We honor the memory of a true visionary leader, the Honorable Ernest F. Hollings. Because of his proactive and visionary leadership, Senator Hollings was named a Friend of the College in 1997. Since that time, 50 students at MTC have received the endowed scholarship dedicated in the senator’s name.”
The commencement speaker was Lasenta Lewis-Ellis. Lewis earned an Associate in Architectural Engineering Technology from MTC and went on to become the founder and CEO of LLE Construction Group, LLC.
“After MTC, I grew a business from zero to more than a million dollars,” Lewis-Ellis told the graduating class. “When they tell you You Can Get Anywhere From Here, you can. I did, and you can too. MTC graduates, you have what it takes to get to the next level.”
SPRING 2019 | MTC STUDENT FIRST IN COLLEGE’S HISTORY TO EARN PERFECT SCORE ON PHYSICAL THERAPY ASSISTANT LICENSING BOARD EXAM MTC Physical Therapy Assistant student Kaitlin Courtney smiles with her husband Stan after receiving her professional pin.
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