(Melfa, VA) – Virginia Governor Ralph Northam is slated to deliver the commencement message for the Eastern Shore Community College 2021 50th Graduation Ceremony, to be held at 6:00p.m. Thursday, August 5, at the Nandua High School Auditorium in Onley, VA. The ceremony was rescheduled from May to accommodate the changing landscape surrounding COVID-19 recovery. The event will celebrate the accomplishments of ESCC students from a number of programs and areas of study.
ESCC President James Shaeffer commented, “We are most honored to have Governor Ralph Northam accept our invitation to address our students and families. The resiliency shown by our graduates through the difficult period of COVID-19 and their ability to adjust and prevail over these challenges warrant special recognition. We feel the governor’s attendance adds to the excitement and relevance of this momentous occasion and provides an exclamation mark to our
YES! (Your Eastern Shore) culture of hospitality at ESCC.”
Before he was inaugurated as the 73rd Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, Ralph
Northam served as an Army doctor, pediatric neurologist, business owner, state Senator and
Lieutenant Governor. A native of Virginia’s Eastern Shore, Governor Northam is a graduate of Onancock High School and was educated at the Virginia Military Institute (VMI), where he graduated with distinction. After graduation, Governor Northam was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the United States Army. He served eight years of active duty and rose to the rank of major. Governor Northam and First Lady Pamela Northam have two adult children.
Students and special guests have been issued tickets for the event and a reception is planned immediately following commencement. President Shaeffer added that “sincere thanks are shared with our educational partners at Nandua High School. We appreciate the collaboration with administration and staff at Nandua, assisting us in making this special for our students and guests. It will provide a wonderful and appropriate prelude to upcoming celebrations surrounding
ESCC’s 50th Anniversary celebrations in the Fall and into 2022.”
Questions can be directed to wlecato@es.vccs.edu.
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He did not even carry Accomack County in his election. Maybe Northern Virginia would be a good place for him to give a speech or retire for that matter.
After dragging VMI over the coals and what he did to General Pea, I have no use for this man. Seemed to be a political diversion. If my sons went there and I had to hear him speak I think I would throw up. They did not want him to speak at VMI a few years ago so he got his revenge.