The Honorable Ceasar C. Mitchell, Atlanta City Council President, Commencement Speaker for Morris Brown College
 On Saturday, May 12, 2012, at 4:00 p.m., Morris Brown College will hold its commencement exercises at Big Bethel AME Church, located at 204 Auburn Avenue, NE, Atlanta, GA 30303
The 2012 graduating class of Morris Brown College includes thirty-three students. Most of these students are gainfully employed in various careers such as local governments, hold positions as managers or directors, or are entrepreneurs. There is one husband and wife team graduating who met at Morris Brown years ago and returned to complete their degrees. It is also of note that Mr. Timothy Williams, director of public safety for Emory Healthcare of Atlanta, will graduate from Morris Brown College this year.
The commencement speaker will be The Honorable Ceasar C. Mitchell, president of the Atlanta City Council and a member of the Board of Trustees at Morris Brown. Attorney Mitchell is the 7th president the Atlanta City Council and previously served eight years as a citywide councilmember. He is a native Atlanta and is a graduate of Morehouse College and the University of Georgia Law. He currently practices commercial real estate and finance at the global firm of DLA Piper.
The Honorary Doctorate of Laws degree will be awarded to City Council President Mitchell. The Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters degree will be awarded to Ms. Bunnie Jackson-Ransom, a MS graduate of North Carolina Central University, and president of First Class, Inc., an Atlanta based marketing and public relations agency, and one who has been a Morris Brown advocate for many years, and Ms. Claudia Burris Williford, a resident of South Carolina, who, at the age of 108, is the oldest living alumnus of Morris Brown.
The reunion classes of 1952, 1957, 1962, 1967, 1972 and 1977 will be honored during the commencement program.
President Stanley Pritchett commented, “Morris Brown College, our Board of Trustees and our faculty and staff, remains ever diligent in our pursuit of excellence. Our graduating students are the product of another year of successful hard work. We take exceptional pride in the resolve and the accomplishments of each man and woman in this 2012 graduating class. Not only have these students earned their degree, but they have learned a valuable life-lesson in survival. We trust that this class and other Morris Brown students will take this lesson with them throughout their lives. And with this kind of determination, we know they will succeed.”
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Commencement 2012