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Business communicator speaking at Winter Graduation

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March. 17, 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
 

The end of winter quarter at Columbus State Community College (CSCC) also closes a successful chapter for more than 400 new graduates who will receive an associate degree. The winter graduation ceremony is scheduled for Friday, March 20, 2009 at 10:00 a.m. at Veteran’s Memorial Hall, 300 West Broad Street in Columbus.

Cathy M. Lyttle, vice president for Corporate Communications at Worthington Industries will be the keynote speaker. The company employs more than 8,000 people and operates 69 facilities in 10 countries. In her role, she is responsible for internal and external communications, government relations, and marketing.

Before joining the country’s leading steel processor in 1999, Ms. Lyttle directed the startup operations for the Columbus Blue Jackets NHL expansion franchise.  Her professional honors include Business First’s “40 under 40” and the International Association of Business Communicator’s “Distinguished Communicator” award.

Ms. Lyttle’s address is sure to resonate with the graduating class. “As new graduates they will be better prepared to face a competitive job market,” says CSCC President Dr. Val Moeller.  “Our diverse students must meet stringent educational standards to earn an associate degree.”

Of the 409 graduates, 14 are receiving their degree Summa Cum Laude, with the highest honors - a perfect 4.0 grade point average.  And five of those students with perfect scores are from Veterinarian Technician program. The course work for “Vet Techs” - as they are known - is particularly rigorous.

Kerri Imwalle, 21, is among the Vet Tech graduates this quarter. While she didn’t score a perfect G.P.A. she will graduate Cum Laude with a 3.7 average. Her college career is filled with a list of accomplishments: named an “up-and-coming leader” during the Women Student Leader Awards in 2007; lettered for two years for the Columbus State Cougars basketball team; named an Academic All-American in the National Junior College Athletic Association. 

“I grew up on a farm in St. Marys in northeast Ohio where I was inspired to be, or work with, veterinarians” says Imwalle.  “I grew up with horses, cows and goats.  During high school I was taking part in a job shadow program at a vet's office.  I realized that vet techs often times work more hands-on with the animals than the veterinarians and I knew that’s what I wanted to do. Columbus State offered me the chance to study for that career and play basketball."

Friday morning’s graduation ceremony is free and open to the public.

 

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