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First Graduate Recalls First Commencement As Georgia Highlands College Prepares To Celebrate 50 Years
In 1971, Claudia Williams Taxel is the lone graduate of a small college in Rome, Georgia, in its infancy.
July 9, 2020
In 1971, Claudia Williams Taxel is the lone graduate of a small college in Rome, Georgia, in its infancy. She stands with the college president, David McCorkle, and the dean, Wesley Walraven, in a newly constructed building, as a photo is snapped for the local newspaper. Her two-year diploma in education is conferred, and she and her father, Floyd County Commission Chairman Charles Williams, pose together for another photo Claudia still has to this day.
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Read the full story on GHC’s 50th Celebration page at 50years.highlands.edu
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