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Florida Southern holds mid-year
commencement

LAKELAND, Fla. (Dec. 4, 2001) - Approximately 214 Florida Southern College students will receive diplomas at mid-year graduation ceremonies on Saturday, Dec. 15 at 10:30 a.m. in Branscomb Auditorium. Hazel Haley, a Lakeland Senior High School English teacher for 62 years and 1997 inductee into the Polk County Schools Hall of Fame, will deliver the commencement address. Haley is a 1937 graduate of Florida Southern.

Graduating Saturday will be seniors from the college's traditional day program (122), the Lakeland evening program (38), and the Orlando program (47). Seven students will receive their MBA's.

FSC graduate Robert Arthur Riedel '47 will receive an honorary Doctor of Business degree in recognition of his career of service and leadership in the hospitality industry.

About Florida Southern College
Florida Southern is a four-year, private, co-educational liberal arts college affiliated with the United Methodist Church. The college offers more than 40 undergraduate majors and a master of business administration degree accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Located in Lakeland, Fla., the college is home to the largest, single-site collection of Frank Lloyd Wright architecture in the world.

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