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Resident Who Speaks Six Languages to Address Crowd at BCCC Graduation
Doylestown resident Julia Peoples has been selected as the student speaker during Bucks County Community College's commencement ceremony.
Doylestown resident Julia Peoples has been selected as the student speaker during Bucks County Community College's commencement ceremony.
She was chosen by the college to address her classmates in recognition of her outstanding achievements, according to information from BCCC.
Peoples, who speaks six languages, is a liberal arts major who aspires to earn a Ph.D.
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She was active in the college’s PiXi chapter of Phi Theta Kappa, the international honor society for two-year institutions. Peoples held several offices in the organization before taking over as president, and was chosen to represent the college as a member of PTK’s All-Pennsylvania Academic Team.
Peoples was involved in several service projects, including a canned goods collection for a food pantry and the Tyler State Park clean-up project.
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Former Bucks County Commissioner Charles Meredith III will also speak during commencement, which will be held May 22 on the Newtown Campus.
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