{"id":8288,"date":"2020-11-02T10:41:45","date_gmt":"2020-11-02T16:41:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/?p=8288"},"modified":"2020-11-02T10:41:46","modified_gmt":"2020-11-02T16:41:46","slug":"law-enforcement-veteran-nicholls-alum-to-speak-at-nicholls-commencements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/2020\/11\/02\/law-enforcement-veteran-nicholls-alum-to-speak-at-nicholls-commencements\/","title":{"rendered":"Law Enforcement Veteran, ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ Alum to Speak at ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ Commencements"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
THIBODAUX, La. — ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ alumni and law enforcement veteran Maj. Renee Brinkley (BGS \u201803) will be the keynote speaker at the 106th and 107th commencement ceremonies held in November. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The 106th Commencement for Spring 2020 graduates will be held across two ceremonies on Saturday, Nov. 7 in John L. Guidry Stadium. The first will feature graduates from the College of Liberal Arts, College of Sciences and Technology and the Chef John Folse Culinary Institute at 9 a.m. The second will include the College of Business Administration, College of Education and Behavioral Sciences and College of Nursing at noon. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The 107th Commencement for Summer and Fall 2020 graduates will involve five ceremonies across Saturday, Nov. 21 and Sunday, Nov. 22. The sessions are: <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe 2020 graduating classes will always have my admiration,\u201d said ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ President Dr. Jay Clune. \u201cOur spring graduates were robbed of their final days on campus by an unprecedented pandemic, and all of our candidates have persevered through trying times. They deserve to walk across the stage and celebrate this accomplishment with their friends, family and classmates.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Maj. Brinkley has served more than two decades with the Lafourche Parish Sheriff\u2019s Office. She has been applauded for her work as executive director of the LPSO crime prevention program, Weed and Seed. As the corrections department head, she worked on reform programs at the Lafourche Parish Detention Center and helped develop plans for the new Lafourche Parish Correctional Complex. Today, she serves as the Civil Department Head. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
She is also deeply involved in the community, having previously served as vice chair of Thibodaux Relay for Life and president of the Bayou Area Habitat for Humanity. She remains involved in Leadership Lafourche, Lafourche ARC and with Cross Church of Houma. <\/p>\n\n\n\n