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Angelo State University conferred 571 undergraduate degrees and 298 graduate degrees to its spring 2020 graduates.
Read moreJohn Daniel “JD” Buie, of McDade, Texas, a 2012 graduate of Elgin High School, was conferred the degree of Doctor of Medicine from Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center during the School of Medicine virtual commencement ceremony held on May 22, 2020. While at TTUHSC, Buie completed a Master of Business Administration degree with a concentration in Health Organizations Management, and served as a Dean’s Ambassador. He will be completing a fiveyear Urology Residency at Texas Tech Health Sciences Center in Lubbock, Texas.
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After 13 years, former Elgin teacher Delia Perez Meyer was able to reconnect with four of the students from her first kindergarten class in 2007.
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Since the graduating seniors of the Class of 2020 are missing out on many of the traditional end-of-year celebrations and will experience a graduation ceremony with limited in-person attendance due to COVID-19, Elgin ISD and the Elgin community have shown their support for the seniors by placing signs, installing purple lights and decorating the fronts of their businesses. See more photos online at www.elgincourier.com.
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On Sunday morning, the Elgin Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 6115 hosted their annual Memorial Day ceremony, despite a few differences from their usual event caused by COVID-19 precautions. Instead of breakfast, the VFW offered just coffee and donuts to attendees, and the outdoor Memorial Day ceremony was held in front of a couple of rows of chairs spaced feet apart from each other. Post commander Chuck Swain, along with other leaders of the post, delivered a speech honoring those who lost their lives while serving their country.
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This year, you can visit the Elgin Arts Association’s annual Pearls of Youth Art Show with just the click of a mouse. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this art show, which is open to students and young artists from Elgin, McDade and Coupland, is being hosted online at the Elgin Arts Association website, www.elginartsassociation.com. The website has links to six different online galleries, sorted by school and grade groups, and viewers can either see a catalog of all of the art pieces or navigate an interactive virtual gallery where each art piece is displayed.
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On Friday, May 15, students and elected officials from governments in Bastrop County participated in a virtual forum hosted by Generation Citizen. The topics discussed covered COVID-19 and how communities are responding. Elected officials who participated included Mayor Pro-Tem Jessica Bega from the City of Elgin and Mayor Connie Schroeder and council member Dock Jackson from the City of Bastrop.
Read moreThe Dollar General Literacy Foundation recently awarded Advocacy Outreach a $10,000 grant to support Family Literacy. This local grant is part of more than $8.6 million in grants awarded to more than 950 schools, nonprofits and organizations across the communities Dollar General serves.
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