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State Sen. Paull Shin, a former SCC professor, speaks to
graduates at the 2009 Commencement, June 7, 2009.
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More than 300 Shoreline Community College graduates chose to "walk" at the 2009 Commencement ceremonies.

The featured speaker at the June 7, 2009 event was a homecoming of sorts for State Sen. Paull Shin, a former professor at SCC. Sen. Shin used details of his own life, a orphan on the streets of Seoul during the Korean War who earned a Ph.D and careers in education and politics, as an example to students of what can accomplished.

The student speaker was Genesee Rickel and faculty speaker was Bob Francis.