From collection College of the Atlantic College of the Atlantic Timeline List (Timeline #1)
In May of 1974, COA hosts its first ever commencement ceremony. Just a year after receiving accreditation, COA is able to bestow a Bachelor’s degree in Human Ecology to its first graduating class. Two students, Catherine B. Johnson and William Ginn, receive their degrees. Both were transfer students, Johnson had transferred from Yale and Ginn from Amherst College. After finishing their education at COA, they became the school’s first graduates.
Want to know what it was like to be a part of COA’s inaugural commencement? Check out Cathy Johnsons’s oral history to learn more!
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COA Catalog 1973-1974
College of the Atlantic academic catalog.
