Compiled by The Bedford Citizen
In the Class of 2017 at Middlesex Community College 1,296 graduates received 1,397 certificates and degrees. The graduates range in age from 16 to 72; they hail from 10 states and 60 countries.
More than half the graduates are the first in their families to receive a post-high school degree. The 2017 graduates are an accomplished group: 144 were inducted into Phi Theta Kappa and 35 are Commonwealth Honors Scholars.
Trustee Chairman James Campbell recognized the 56 members of the Class who have served in the military, and President James Mabry encouraged students to “live a life of purpose and passion.”
Middlesex Community College students Maria Aybar and Zeina El Jenaynati addressed the Class of 2017 during Commencement exercises on May 25 in the Lowell Memorial Auditorium. Robert Kenyon, a member of the Class of 1995 and Vice President of North American Manufacturing Operations at Biogen, delivered deliver the Commencement Address and received the 2017 Distinguished Alumni Award.
Reflecting a path familiar to many MCC students, Kenyon said, “Mine is a story with a twisted, changing & often unclear path to where I am today. But that’s the way life works.”
Bedford residents among the Class of 2017 include:
Jorge L. Alonzo-Jaramillo
Associate in Science-Engineering Science
Louis Russell Baker
Associate in Science-Business Administration
Natasha Barthelemy
Associates in Arts-Liberal Arts and Sciences-Psychology Concentration
Sophie Hannah Brill Weitz
Associate in Arts-Liberal Arts And Sciences
HIGHEST HONORS
Kiara Rene Buchannan
Associate in Science-Business Administration
HONORS
James Austin Burnett
Associate in Arts-Liberal Arts And Sciences
Gabriella Marie Busa
Associate in Science-Business Administration
Debra Juppe’ Davis
Associate in Science-Dental Hygiene
HONORS
Jillian P. Dellarocco
Associate in Science -Criminal Justice Transfer
Catherine Amelia Donato
Associate in Arts-Liberal Arts And Sciences
HONORS
Joseph Michael Stewart Hughes
Certificate-Graphic Design
HIGHEST HONORS
Meagan Taylor Jackson
Certificate-Early Childhood Education
and
Associate in Science- Early Childhood Education Transfer
Nichole Lipsey
Associate in Arts-Liberal Arts And Sciences
HIGHEST HONORS
Jamie L. McDonald
Associate in Science-Business Administration
HONORS
Katherine A Roe
Certificate-Biotechnology Technician
HIGH HONORS
and
Associate in Science-Biotechnology Technician
HIGH HONORS
David Schowalter
Associate in Science in Liberal Studies-Information Technology General Studies
HIGHEST HONORS
Jordan Alexander Sell
Associate in Science-Business Administration
HIGH HONORS
Fatou Sidibe
Associate in Arts in-Liberal Arts And Sciences-Global Studies Concentration
HIGHEST HONORS
William L. Smith
Associate in Arts-Liberal Arts And Sciences
HONORS
Heather L. Snow
Associate in Science-Early Childhood Education
HIGHEST HONORS
Erik M. Swider
Associate in Science in Liberal Studies-Graphic Design
HIGH HONORS
Eric L. Tate
Associate in Science Liberal Studies Performing Arts-Music Concentration
HONORS
Salem Yan
Associate in Arts-Liberal Arts And Sciences
About Middlesex Community College
Middlesex Community College is your pathway to success. As one of the largest, most comprehensive community colleges in the state, we educate, engage and empower a diverse community of learners. MCC offers more than 70 degree and certificate programs, plus hundreds of noncredit courses, on our campuses in Bedford and Lowell, as well as online. www.middlesex.mass.edu
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