ASU students receive degrees

Nearly 360 students received degrees at graduation ceremonies on December 13. The fall commencement ceremony marked the 79th year in which students have been graduated from Augusta State University.

Dr. Wayne Mixon, professor of history, chair of the Department of History and Anthropology, and ASU’s Outstanding Faculty Member for 2003, gave the commencement address. In his speech, titled Reach High, Don't Quit, and Don't Be Afraid to Fail, Dr. Mixon gave examples of people in history who were not afraid to fail before they succeeded. He relayed the message to ASU graduates, telling them they wouldn’t be where they are today if they weren’t afraid of failure.

During the ceremony, Dr. Lillie B. Johnson, chair of the Department of Languages, Literature, and Communications, was recognized as the recipient of ASU’s Distinguished Alumna Award. The award is given to alumni who have achieved a level of excellence professionally. Dr. Johnson was selected for the award because of her outstanding performance as a student, faculty member, and department chair. She was one of the first African American students enrolled at Augusta College in 1967 and the first African American valedictorian (1971), when she earned a bachelor’s degree in English.

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