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Florida Southern holds spring
commencement

LAKELAND, Fla. (April 12, 2002) - Approximately 290 Florida Southern College students will receive diplomas during two spring graduation ceremonies April 27 on campus.

The baccalaureate service begins at 10:30 a.m. in Branscomb Auditorium, where forty-five students from the Lakeland evening (18), MBA (10), and Orlando (17) programs will receive their degrees. The Rev. William Dean Witten, a district superintendent of the Orlando District of the United Methodist Church, will offer the baccalaureate sermon. Witten, a 1960 Florida Southern graduate, will receive an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree during the service in recognition of his distinguished career with the United Methodist Church.

Commencement for 245 Lakeland day students begins at 1:30 p.m. in the Jenkins Field House on campus. District Court of Appeal Judge Emiliano Jose (E.J.) Salcines, a 1959 graduate of Florida Southern, will deliver the commencement address. Salcines will receive an honorary Doctor of Laws degree for his 40 years of service in the legal profession.

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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