Partly cloudy High: 63 | Low: 40 | Details, page 2 DAILY GLOBE yourdailyglobe.com Saturday, May 13, 2017 75 cents ‘TONIGHT IS DEDICATED TO YOU’ Gogebic Community College holds 83rd commencement By IAN MINIELLY tional students tend to not be full time
[email protected] or between the ages of 18-24. The stu- IRONWOOD — Gogebic Community dent has frequently already held a job College president Jim Lorenson, in his for an extended period of time, poten- welcoming remarks before introducing tially already raised a family or at least John Lupino, chairperson, for the 83rd is well on the way to raising a family. Or commencement in GCC history, said to is an adult just looking for a different the assembled students filling the career path and using an education to lindquist Center, “Tonight is dedicated achieve it. to you.” Seeing the wide variety of graduates The production required to get the Friday night before and during com- right people on stage, the faculty in two mencement, brought back the effort the lines for the graduates to navigate while school’s board and Ryon List, Dean of shuffling students through this same Instruction, are putting forth to make tunnel consisting of faculty, put the GCC available and worthwhile to people emphasis on the graduates and kept the seeking an education that transfers to a procession moving forward. follow on college or into an immediate One cannot say kids graduating when career. discussing college graduation, as many Marcia Long, the guest speaker, non-traditional students return to col- pointed out the rarified air the gradu- leges across the county every year for ates would be breathing at the conclu- additional job training, career advance- sion of the evening, when she pointed ment, or just plain old learning for the out less than 7 percent of the world has sake of learning.