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Graduating student Linda Nell Clay shaking hands with President Lambuth Clarke as she receives her diploma at the 1970 Virginia Wesleyan College commencement ceremony.

An image of the 1970 graduating class sitting in the Hofheimer Library plaza at the Virginia Wesleyan College commencement ceremony.

A close up of of the 1970 graduating class sitting in the Hofheimer Library plaza at Virginia Wesleyan College.

Seen left to right, Wiliam Peacock, Dennie Allen, Bishop Carl J. Sanders and others at the 1970 Virginia Wesleyan College commencement ceremony.

College Marshal Col. Robert Tucker leads the full procession to the Hofheimer Library plaza for the 1970 commencement ceremony at Virginia Wesleyan College.

College Marshal Col. Robert Tucker leads the academic procession from Village 1 to the Hofheimer Library plaza for the 1970 commencement ceremony at Virginia Wesleyan College.

On July 18, 1965, spectators at the Virginia Wesleyan College Village 1 groundbreaking ceremony assemble in the corn field where the ground will be broken..

College Marshal Col. Robert Tucker leads the academic procession at the first commencement in June, 1970 at Virginia Wesleyan College.

Lieutenant Governor Mills Godwin speaks to the spectators from the podium at the Virginia Wesleyan College Village 1 groundbreaking ceremony on July 18, 1965.

The Naval Amphibious Base Band stands in attention at the Virginia Wesleyan College Village 1 groundbreaking ceremony on July 18, 1965.

Spectators in attendance at the Virginia Wesleyan College Village 1 groundbreaking ceremony on July 18, 1965.

President Joseph S. Johnston addresses spectators and dignitaries at the Virginia Wesleyan College Village 1 groundbreaking ceremony on July 18, 1965.

Congressman Porter Hardy on the podium with the Naval Amphibious Base Band to his right at the Virginia Wesleyan College Village 1 groundbreaking ceremony on July 18, 1965.

Congressman Porter Hardy greets guests at the first Virginia Wesleyan College Village 1 groundbreaking ceremony on July 18, 1965. A Naval Amphibious Base Band waits in anticipation to provide music for the event that afternoon.

A speaker addresses the crowd from a wooden podium surrounded by shovels at the Village 1 groundbreaking ceremony on July 18, 1965,

The mayors of five southeastern Virginia cities and a Naval Amphibious Base band at the Virginia Wesleyan College Village 1 groundbreaking ceremony on July 18, 1965.

A black and white photograph of Virginia Wesleyan College's groundbreaking ceremony. Five Southeastern Virginia City mayors acted as shovel handlers and were each accompanied by a member of the board of trustees.

A black and white photograph of C and P Telephone Company manager Bailey Condrey (left) and the first dean of the college, Dr. Robert C. Provine, looking at a site plan for the new college.

Dennie E. Allen shakes hands with President Lambuth Clarke as he receives his diploma at the 1970 Virginia Wesleyan College commencement ceremony.

Black and white photograph of the newly constructed Academic Village 1 building at Virginia Wesleyan College.