The OSSE GED Testing Center will celebrate GED Commencement on the morning of Saturday, June 20, 2009 at 10:00 AM at the University of the District of Columbia Auditorium.  The theme for this year’s Cap and Gown Ceremony is “From Many Paths, One Purpose.”  On this momentous occasion for participants, a dynamic and charismatic leader of our community will challenge all toward living out the theme.  

The guest speaker, Reverend Dr. Lewis Anthony of Metropolitan Wesley Zion Church, will deliver a rousing message of hope and inspiration at GED commencement just as he graced the audience last year.    Pastor Anthony serves as the senior pastor of Washington’s historic Metropolitan Wesley African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church.  Founded in 1832, the Metropolitan Wesley AME Zion Church served as a station on the famed “Underground Railroad,” and was the birthplace of the first public school for Washington’s African-American children.   Pastor Anthony received degrees from Columbia and Harvard Universities.  He is a native of Washington, DC and a graduate of Anacostia Senior High School.

Beginning on Monday, March 2, 2009, the GED Testing Center (GEDTC) will begin registration for the 2009  Commencement Ceremony for those who received a GED Credential between June 1, 2008 through May 31, 2009.  Commencement registration and payment of fees, $60.00 (money-orders, only) are handled in-person at the GEDTC, 410 8th Street, N.W., Room 601, Monday - Friday, 9:00 am - 1:00 pm; required cap, gown, and tassel may be purchased upon presentation of registration receipt from the GED Testing Center at the UDC bookstore in Building 39 on the main campus at 4200 Connecticut Avenue, NW.  The cap, gown and tassel cost is approxiately $30.00.  The GED Testing Center is closed on all District of Columbia and Federal holidays, Spring Break for the University of the District of Columbia (UDC), and this office follows UDC's schedule for inclement weather closings.