FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 26, 2006
Contact: Michael Corby
904.632.3310

Nearly 3,500 Florida Community College students earned A.A., A.S. degrees, certificates for 2005-2006
Council President Hyde to address graduates who participate in May 6 ceremony

What:	Florida Community College Credit and Post-Secondary Adult Vocational Commencement
When:	May 6 at 11 a.m.
Where:	Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena 300 A. Phillip Randolph Blvd.

Details: Nearly 3,500 Florida Community College students have earned degrees or technical certificates for the 2005-2006 academic year. This annual commencement ceremony recognizes their achievements. (Note: not all eligible graduates and candidates participate in the ceremony.)

Program

• Processional: Symphonic Band, Professor Paul Weikle, Director
  
• Welcome: Dr. Steven R. Wallace, College President
  
• National Anthem: Florida Community College Chorale
  
• Introduction of Platform Guests: Dr. Wallace
  
• Commencement Address: The Honorable Kevin Hyde, President, Jacksonville City Council
  
• Presentation of Faculty and Staff: R. Wayne Bailey, President, Faculty Senate
  
• Presentation of Honor Graduates: Dr. Wallace
  
• Presentation of Associate in Science Degrees and Technical Certificates: Dr. Donald W. Green, Executive Vice President, Instruction and Student Services
  
• Conferral of Degrees: Dr. Wallace
  
• Presentation of Associate in Arts Degrees: Dr. Green
  
• Conferral of Degrees: Dr. Wallace
  
• Congratulatory remarks: Ms. Emily B. Smith, Chair, District Board of Trustees
  
• Closing remarks: Dr. Wallace

Brief Biography: The Honorable Kevin E. Hyde, President, Jacksonville City Council - At Large, Group 4

Council President Kevin Hyde has lived in Jacksonville since 1988. He serves as President for the 2005-2006 Council year. Hyde is a partner of Foley & Lardner. He practices labor and employment law where he focuses on resolving workplace disputes, counseling employers on employee relations issues and training employees and supervisors. He is certified by the Florida Bar as a specialist in the area of labor and employment law. He is also licensed to practice law in Virginia.

Hyde has long been involved in leadership positions with the Florida Bar. He is a past chairman of the Florida Bar Labor and Employment Section. He is listed among employment lawyers in Best Lawyers in America and has been highlighted in Jacksonville Magazine (March 2001) as one of the city’s leading attorneys and in Florida Trend's article “Florida Legal Elite 2005” as one of the state’s leading employment law attorneys. The Jacksonville Business Journal named him as an “Up and Comer” in 2001.

Hyde graduated from the University of Florida College of Law (with honors) in 1988 and received his undergraduate degree from the University of South Florida (summa cum laude) in 1984. Community activities include deaconship with the Lakeshore Church of Christ since 1992. He served on the Board of Directors for the Youth Crisis Center and the Northeast Florida Safety Council. He served two terms as the President of the Florida 4-H Foundation, the charitable arm of the Florida 4-H program. (Biographical information gathered from the City of Jacksonville web site.)