The College of Charleston Class of 2011 will make an impact on the world! Nearly 1,600 graduates crossed the Cistern on May 7. They represented 41 states and 33 countries and are business owners, sustainability leaders and volunteers.
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The commencement ceremony for the Graduate School of the College of Charleston was held May 6 at 5:30 p.m. in the Carolina First Arena. Jose Miguel Insulza, Secretary General of the Organization of American States was the commencement speaker.
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About the Commencement Speakers
Dr. Richard Besser will deliver the undergraduate commencement address. Dr. Besser is the ABC News senior health and medical editor, providing medical analysis and commentary for all ABC News broadcasts and platforms. He came to ABC News in 2009 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention where he was responsible for all of CDC’s public health emergency preparedness and emergency response activities. His degree will be awarded at the afternoon ceremony.
Jose Miguel Insulza took office as Secretary General of the OAS on May 26, 2005. He was named Secretary General of OAS based on his accomplishments and record of public service in his home country of Chile. In March 1994, he joined the administration of President Eduardo Frei, serving first as Under-Secretary of Foreign Affairs and later as Minister of Foreign Affairs. In 1999, he became Minister Secretary General of the Presidency, and was appointed the following year to be President Ricardo Lagos’s Minister of the Interior and Vice President of the Republic. When he left the post in May 2005, he had served as a government minister for more than a decade, the longest continuous tenure for a minister in Chilean history.
