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Wingate University alum Anthony Dean Griffey receives honorary degree
5/16/2012
NEWS RELEASE
Contact: Kim Williams
Communications Writer
k.williams@wingate.edu 704-233-8320
Wingate, NC – Four-time Grammy Award winning tenor Anthony Dean Griffey was presented with the honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters at Wingate’s University’s Commencement ceremony on May 12. Griffey has performed in numerous international opera houses including The Metropolitan Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, San Francisco Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Glyndebourne, the Opera National de Paris and Teatro Comunale Di Firenze. He received his bachelor’s degree from Wingate University in 1990 before earning degrees from the Eastman School of Music and the Juilliard School.
Wingate University
Wingate University, ranked as the 8th "best value" in the South by U.S. News & World Report, serves more than 2,500 students on three campuses in Wingate, Matthews and Hendersonville, N.C. Founded in 1896, the University offers 34 undergraduate majors, 37 minors and career concentrations, numerous pre-professional programs, graduate degrees in business, accounting, education, physician assistant studies and sport administration, and doctorates in pharmacy and education. With a 14 to 1 student/teacher ratio, Wingate students gain the tools and support needed to excel in academics and apply that learning toward an extraordinary career and life.
In addition to a robust intramural athletics program, Wingate student athletes compete in 19 NCAA Division II sports. The University has won the South Atlantic Conference Echols Athletic Excellence Award for the past six years. For more information, go to www.wingate.edu.