Darius G. Pridgen will Deliver Commencement Address.

1. CONTACT:
Rosa Vivanco
Communications Strategy Group
rvivanco[at]csg-pr.com
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Bryant & Stratton College’s 160th Commencement Exercises to be held
at Event Center on Hamburg Fairgrounds on Saturday, May 17th
Darius G. Pridgen will Deliver Commencement Address
Buffalo, NY, May 14, 2014 - Bryant & Stratton College's Amherst, Southtowns, and Buffalo
campuses, along with the College’s Online Education division, will hold their 160th
Commencement
Exercises at the Event Center on the Fairgrounds in Hamburg, New York, on Saturday, May 17,
2014 at 10:00am.
The commencement address will be delivered by Darius G. Pridgen, Senior Pastor of True Bethel
Baptist Church and Ellicott District Common Council Member for the City of Buffalo. This is Pastor
Pridgen’s third time participating in the College’s annual commencement exercises. His first was as
clergyperson for the exercises, where his message was so well received by the graduates and their
guests that he was invited back to deliver the commencement address the following year. The
College is pleased that he accepted their invitation to do so again this year.
In Western New York, Bryant & Stratton College's Class of 2014 consists of 854 graduates; 448 are
expected to participate in Saturday's ceremony. 114 of the graduates have earned Bachelors
degrees in Business, Healthcare, or Legal Fields. The remaining 740 graduates have earned an
Associate degree in Accounting, Administrative Assisting, Business, Criminal Justice, Graphic
Design, Human Resources Specialist, Interactive Media Design, Medical Administrative Assisting,
Medical Assisting, Medical Reimbursement & Coding, Networking Technology, Office Information
Technology, Paralegal Studies, or Security Technology. In keeping with recent trends in education,
these graduates completed their degrees in one of three ways: entirely through campus-based
classes, entirely online through the College’s Online Education division, or through a combination of
campus-based and online study.
Bryant & Stratton College is a private career college delivering outcomes-based education and
training through a flexible, contemporary curriculum in a personalized environment. The College is
regionally accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, which is an
institutional accrediting agency recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education, and the Council for
Higher Education Accreditation. Bryant & Stratton College has campus locations in New York,
Ohio, Virginia and Wisconsin, as well as an Online Education division, and a Professional Skills
Center. For 160 years, Bryant & Stratton College has been providing real-world education leading
to bachelor’s degrees, associate’s degrees, and professional certificates in the fields of healthcare,
technology, legal, business, & graphic design. For more information about our graduation rates,
the median debt of students who completed the program and other important information, please
visit http://www.bryantstratton.edu/disclosures. General information can also be found on the
College’s website at www.bryantstratton.edu.
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