[SCOOP] New College Graduates Largest Class

A total of 197 students, the largest graduating class in the history of New College of Florida, recently received Bachelor of Arts degrees in a sunset ceremony on the great lawn along the College’s scenic bayfront. With this year’s commencement, New College also reached a milestone: the 5,000th graduate since its founding. The first graduating class, in 1967, comprised just 47 students. This year’s class included six Fulbright scholars, who will travel to Germany, Sweden, Taiwan and the Czech Republic to teach or continue their studies, as well as five students who will serve as teaching assistants in France under awards from the French Embassy, and a State Department Critical Language scholar, who will study in Morocco.