ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – About 700 St. Petersburg College students are expected to participate in SPC’s 109^th commencement ceremony Saturday at 10 a.m. at Tropicana Field.

     Graduates will include students who earned both two-year and four-year degrees. Among them:

 

·        Nicole Moore-Etheridge, who will become the first person to graduate from SPC with a military commission earned through the Reserve Officer Training Corps. SPC does not have an ROTC program, but Moore-Etheridge was able to earn her commission through a partnership agreement with the University of South Florida.

·        Dolores Parry and her daughter, Michele, who will graduate together. Dolores has earned an associate degree in Hospitality and Tourism, while Michele has earned her high school diploma (through SPC’s Collegiate High School) as well as an associate degree. Dolores will seek a management position in the hospitality industry, while Michele will study biology at Eckerd College as she pursues her dream to become a pediatrician.

SPC President Carl M. Kuttler Jr. will preside at the ceremony. The public is invited.