U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary for Rural Outreach John White will deliver remarks during the commencement ceremony at the Colorado Mountain College-Steamboat Springs Campus on Saturday, May 4, at 11:00 a.m. MT.
White, whose address is titled “Sustaining Rural Communities to Grow our Nation’s Economy,” will address the 104 graduates in the 2013 class of the Steamboat Springs campus. Graduates include 80 students receiving associate’s degrees and 24 students who are the first class of students to be awarded bachelor’s degrees at this campus. Some have earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and others have earned a Bachelor of Arts in Sustainability Studies.