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Dabney S. Lancaster Community College hosted its 51st annual commencement exercises Friday night in the DSLCC Convocation Center on the Clifton Forge campus. One hundred eighty-six graduates were awarded associate degrees, certificates, and career studies certificates to a standing-room-only crowd of family members and well-wishers.

Page Michaela Terry of Botetourt County was selected to serve as student speaker during the annual Commencement Exercises at Dabney S. Lancaster Community College, held Friday night on the Clifton Forge campus. Terry earned an Associate of Arts and Sciences Degree in General Studies, as well as the General Education Certificate from DSLCC.

Megan Leigh Humphries of Covington was honored as the recipient of the coveted Gary Lee Miller Outstanding Graduate Award during the annual Commencement Exercises Friday night at Dabney S. Lancaster Community College in Clifton Forge.

Covington businessman John H. Stone was recognized as this year’s recipient of the Dabney S. Lancaster Community College Educational Foundation’s Distinguished Alumni Award during DSLCC’s Commencement Exercises Friday night. A 1975 DSLCC graduate and 1977 graduate of Virginia Tech, Stone is owner and operator of John H.

Richmond – Temple Baptist Church, of Covington, Virginia, through the Estate of Ovella Worsham, has received the 13th Annual Chancellor’s Award for Leadership in Philanthropy. The church was nominated for the award by Dabney S. Lancaster Community College.

Dabney S. Lancaster Community College is pleased to announce that Marie Shiraki of Buena Vista has been selected as part of the seventh class of the Valley Proteins Fellows Program, administered by the Virginia Foundation for Community College Education.

“Bubbles, Bands and Brunch”, the fund-raising gala hosted by the Dabney S. Lancaster Community College Educational Foundation, raised approximately $30,000 for scholarships and entertained 200 local supporters with the theme of “Passport to Paris” on Sunday, September 10. The much-anticipated affair is held every other year on the DSLCC main campus in Clifton Forge.

Steven Leitch of Leesburg, a native of Clifton Forge and a 1989 graduate of Dabney S. Lancaster Community College, was  honored as the first recipient of the Distinguished Alumni Award during the 50th annual DSLCC commencement exercises held May 12 on the Clifton Forge campus.

CLIFTON FORGE  -- More than  200 students received a total of over 400 associate degrees, certificates and career studies certificates during the 50th annual commencement exercises at Dabney S. Lancaster Community College on Friday, May 12.

On March 3, 2017, six student members and two advisors of the Dabney S. Lancaster Community College Alph Eta Omicron Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa traveled to Washington, DC. Members of the Alpha Eta Omicron Chapter voted on an overnight trip to the nation’s capital.