Georgia State Sen. Nancy Schaefer

is EC’s Graduation Speaker

Sen. Nancy Schaefer delivers this year’s commencement address to the 2008 graduating class of Emmanuel College on Saturday morning, May 10, in the John W. Swails Center.

About 110 students will graduate this year earning bachelor’s degrees in education, Christian ministries, business, communication, psychology, biology, music, kinesiology, pre-law, pre-professional, and more.

“We are honored to have Sen. Nancy Schaefer as this year’s graduation speaker,” says EC President Michael Stewart. "Her outstanding contributions to our state have been marked by integrity. Sen. Schaefer is a friend to higher education, a champion of public service, and an example of moral leadership."

Sen. Schaefer [R] represents District 50, which includes Franklin County. She was elected to the Georgia Senate in 2004. In 1994 she was the Republican Nominee for Lieutenant Governor and was the first woman Candidate for Governor of Georgia in 1998.

Sen. Schaefer was the Founder and President of Family Concerns, Inc. (1985-present), a non-profit organization located in Georgia. Its purpose was strengthening and protecting the family through local, state, national and international policy, and through the education of citizens and leaders in the vital importance of obeying God’s moral law in our society and in our culture. She was also the Founder and President of two Family Concerns Pregnancy Centers in Atlanta from 1988-98, which met the needs of more than 5,000 girls and women in the Atlanta area.

She and her husband Bruce are members of Ebenezer Baptist Church in Toccoa. For more information about Sen. Schaefer, please visit www.senatornancyschaefer.com.

Founded in 1919, Emmanuel College is a Christ-centered four-year liberal arts college in Franklin Springs, Ga. It is fully accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award the associate and baccalaureate degrees.

For more information, please visit www.ec.edu.

Written by Paula Dixon

Photo by Communication Senior Diana Robinson

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