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MASSASOIT COMMUNITY COLLEGE Fiftieth Commencement Ceremony 2017 Friday Evening The Second of June Two Thousand Seventeen “AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL” Katharine Lee Bates, Samuel A. Ward O beautiful for spacious skies, For amber waves of grain, For purple mountain majesties Above the fruited plain! America! America! God shed His grace on thee, And crown thy good with brotherhood From sea to shining sea! Order of Exercises Prelude . Bailey Street Brass ^Processional. Bailey Street Brass Presiding. Dr. Barbara McCarthy Vice President of Academic Affairs Presentation and Posting of Colors.Massasoit Community College Police Honor Guard * America the Beautiful. Crystal Camp Class of 2018, Student Trustee-Elect ^Invocation.Reverend Michael Hyde, Associate Pastor Community Baptist Church, Weymouth, Massachusetts Welcome .Dr. Charles Wall, President of the College Greetings from the Board of Higher Education. Dr. Clantha McCurdy Senior Deputy Commissioner for Access and Student Financial Assistance Greetings from the Board of Trustees.Pamerson O. Ifill, Chair President’s Address.Dr. Charles Wall Faculty Address. Dr. David Hirschy, Professor, Humanities and Emergent Technology Awarding of Honorary Degrees.Dr. Charles Wall Ousamequin, Massasoit of the Wampanoag Accepted by Edith Andrews of the Aquinnah Wampanoag, representing the Wampanoag Presidential Scholar Award.Dr. Charles Wall Representing the Class of 2017. Kathleen Purple Charge to the College.Pamerson O. Ifill Conferring of Degrees and Certificates.Dr. Charles Wall Reading of the Graduates .Professor Roland Blanchette, Social Sciences Closing. Dr. Barbara McCarthy ^Benediction. Reverend Michael Hyde * Recessional . Dr. Charles Wall, led by Bagpiper Peter Reardon Guests are requested to remain at their seats during the recessional of the platform party, faculty, staff, and graduates. Order of Procession Student Senate.Alvin T. Riley, Jr., Interim Dean of Students Grand Marshal Graduates.Dr. Douglas Brown, Dean of Math and Science Associate Dean Maria Fernandes, Academic Affairs Marshals College Faculty and Staff. Professor Patrick Faiella President of the Academic Senate The Platform Party . Dr. Barbara McCarthy * The audience is requested to stand. Commencement Speakers Dr. Clantha McCurdy, Senior Deputy Commissioner for Access and Student Financial Assistance, Representative of the Board of Higher Education | Dr. McCurdy oversees the Commonwealth’s Office of Student Financial Assistance. She is responsible for managing the states annual budget for scholarships, grants, loans, and tuition waivers and advises the Board of Higher Education on statewide financial aid policy and related student services initiatives. She also has chief responsibility for other statewide initiatives, including GEAR UP, the public higher education Student Advisory Council, and the Police Career Incentive Pay Program. With over thirty years of higher education experience, Dr. McCurdy represents the Commonwealth of Massachusetts on numerous state, regional, and national boards and committees. She is a leader in higher education, financial aid, and access policy, and continues to direct many of the Department of Higher Educations initiatives that serve to promote college access for students throughout the Commonwealth. Reverend Michael Hyde, Invocation and Benediction | Reverend Hyde has been a member of Community Baptist Church in Weymouth, Massachusetts since 2007, and was named Associate Pastor in 2011. Reverend Hyde graduated from the University of Southern Maine with a Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics and earned a Masters of Divinity in Church Planting from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. He works as a middle school math teacher at West Bridgewater Middle Senior High School. Reverend Hyde and his wife, Rita, associate professor of English at Massasoit Community College, live in East Bridgewater and have one daughter, Ainsley. Dr. David Hirschy, Professor, Humanities and Emergent Technology, Faculty Speaker | Dr. David Hirschy has a Ph.D. in the eighteenth Century British novel—the cusp between the Enlightenment and the Romantics. He stays in the present by teaching American Literature and computer-aided drafting (CAD). An undergraduate physics major at Northeastern, his co-op job required drafting. When the Massasoit Engineering Department was shorthanded, he stepped in and taught Engineering Graphics. He initiated the CAD/design course at Brockton, continued when Canton merged, and added Revit (an architectural computer package). When he was director of Academic Computing he assisted Visual Arts in adding digital to wet art. Confronting teaching and software challenges has kept him modest. Working with CAD and tossing off Hamlet quotations, he sometimes generated puzzled looks from newcomers at department meetings who would wonder, “Am I in the right meeting?” Dr. David Hirschy is retiring after 40 years of teaching. Kathleen Purple, Student Speaker | Kathleen Purple grew up in Newburyport, Massachusetts and began her college career at Northern Essex Community College more than ten years ago. A liberal arts transfer major at Massasoit, she describes her experience at the college as transformative for her personal and educational growth. The support she received from various people during that time has been greatly appreciated. Kathleen will be transferring to Bridgewater State University in the fall, where she plans to study English with an English education concentration. Musical Performers Bailey Street Brass, Prelude and Processional | Formed in 2014, Bailey Street Brass members are all Brockton Symphony brass players, with four being section principals. Its musical catalog ranges from classical quintet publications to pop tunes, movie themes, and Canadian Brass Quintet arrangements. The group performs at a variety of local cultural, community, and personal events. Crystal Camp, Singer | Crystal started singing in church in 1998 and continued singing in high school. She has had many years of formal voice training, including six years of opera training. A business marketing major in the Honors program, Crystal has been elected to represent the student body as the 2017-2018 Student Trustee. Planning to graduate from Massasoit in Fall 2018, she hopes to transfer to Northeastern University. Peter Reardon, Bagpiper | Peter is a firefighter with the Brockton Fire Department and is the Band Manager and piper for the Brockton Firefighters Pipes and Drums. He has performed at Massasoit’s commencement ceremony for several years. Honorary Degree Ousamequin, Massasoit of the Wampanoag Accepted by Edith Andrews of the Aquinnah Wampanoag, representing the Wampanoag Though the Pilgrims called him Massasoit, a hereditary title meaning great leader, his name was Ousamequin. As Great Leader of the Pokanoket Wampanoag, Ousamequin held the allegiance of numerous chieftains and villages in the Wampanoag Confederation, stretching from Narragansett Bay east to Cape Cod, including most of modern-day southeastern Massachusetts, Marthas Vineyard, and Nantucket. His tribe ravaged by smallpox, Ousamequin sought an alliance with the English to help protect his people from the neighboring Narragansett. In 1621, he entered into a negotiated treaty of nonaggression and mutual defense with the English settlers that promised the Pilgrims the village that became Plymouth, Massachusetts and included an agreement that they would protect each other against attacks from third parties. He forged strong political ties with colonial leaders like John Carver, William Bradford, Edward Winslow, and Myles Standish. The peace between the Wampanoag and the English lasted for nearly forty years, only beginning to erode after his death. Ousamequin led the Wampanoag as Massasoit for approximately fifty years. Known for his diplomatic skill and desire for peace, he is recognized as a man of integrity, loyalty, and generosity. He was a humanitarian, offering solace, succor, and refuge to early settlers. Suffering from disease, malnutrition, exposure, and other problems, the English settlers found themselves ill-prepared for life in the New World. Without the aid of Ousamequin and his people, the colony would nearly certainly have failed in its early years. Massasoit Community College is the only public higher education institution in the Commonwealth to be named after a person rather than a location. As Massasoit’s namesake, the College recognizes him as part of our published history of the College and documents it annually in the college catalog. Our athletic teams bear the name Warriors in his honor. Ousamequin embodies peace and represents our regions rich history. As we celebrate our 50th anniversary, it is the perfect time for us to honor our namesake. Edith Andrews of the Aquinnah Wampanoag, representing the Wampanoag, will accept the honorary degree in recognition of Ousamequin. Ms. Andrews is an active member of the Aquinnah Wampanoag community and she, along with several others, played an integral role in the recent re-interment of Ousamequin’s remains in Warren, Rhode Island. She serves on the Board of the Aquinnah Wampanoag Tribe, on the Constitution and Election Committee, on the Culture and Historic Commission, and is a former Commissioner on Indian Affairs for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Ms. Andrews also serves on the Board of the Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology, the UMass Dartmouth Library Association, and is a Town Meeting Member for the town of Dartmouth, Massachusetts. She is a past Board member of the Boston Harbor Islands Association. She was formerly a student of the then-named Southeastern Massachusetts University, now UMass Dartmouth. Presidential Scholar Award Lais A. deCarvalho Costa, Presidential Scholar Award Recipient The Presidential Scholar award is presented to the graduating student with the highest GPA who has also completed the most credits, most full-time semesters, and most credits in the last semester at Massasoit Community College. Lais is a business administration transfer student with a 4.0 GPA. She will be transferring to Bridgewater State University in the fall, where she will pursue a bachelor’s degree in management with a concentration in marketing. Massachusetts Board of Higher Education Chris Gabrieli, Chairman Jasson Alvarado-Gomez, Student Member Sheila M. Harrity, Ed.D. Nancy Hoffman, Ph.D. Tom Hopcroft Robert E. Johnson, Ph.D. J.D. LaRock, J.D., Ed.D. Paul Materra, J.D. Dani Monroe James Peyser, Ex Officio Fernando M. Reimers, Ed.D. Henry Thomas III, J.D. Paul F. Toner, J.D. Massasoit Community College Board of Trustees Pamerson O. Ifill, Chair Raynham, Massachusetts Thomas E. Carroll, Jr., Vice Chair Thomas J. Lacey Hanover, Massachusetts Weymouth, Massachusetts Anthony Simonelli, Secretary David M. Offutt Portsmouth, Rhode Island Brockton, Massachusetts Bonnie Bladder, Assistant Secretary Ann M. Sullivan Brockton, Massachusetts Dedham, Massachusetts Valerie Sullivan Eshita Chakrabarti Canton, Massachusetts Canton, Massachusetts Christopher Blunt, Student Trustee Deborah C. Enos East Bridgewater, Massachusetts Ashland, Massachusetts Massasoit Community College President's Cabinet Nick Palantzas Senior Vice President and Vice President of the Canton Campus and College Advancement Dr. Barbara McCarthy Vice President of Academic Affairs William Mitchell Vice President of Administration and Chief Financial Officer David Tracy Vice President of Student Services and Enrollment Management Yolanda Dennis Chief Diversity Officer and Executive Director of Affirmative Action and Title IX Patrick Faiella Academic Senate President Margaret Gazzara Hess Executive Director of Human Resources Raelyn E.G. Lincoln Assistant to the President Laurie Maker Executive Director of College Communications William Morrison Interim Chief Information Officer/Director of Enterprise Systems Phillip Sheppard, Esq. Executive Director of External Relations and Special Assistant to the President Massasoit Community College Foundation, Inc. Kevin Walsh, President James Menton Wayne Perkins, Vice President John Mullaney Lisa Rheault-Sliney, Treasurer Rosemary O’Neil Joseph Moses, Clerk Kevin O’Reilly Lincoln Andrews David Offutt Robert Anzalone James Ragazzo John Boutin Ruthanne Russell Thomas E. Carroll, Jr. Maria Samson Leslie Cavicchi Charles Tartaglia Conrad Martin Dr. Charles Wall, Ex Officio Presidential Scholar Award *** Lais A. deCarvalho Costa Business Administration CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES Student Senate *** Christopher James Blunt # Nicole Jessica Baptista Lucnalie Jironvil ~ Student Trustee Liberal Arts Transfer Liberal Arts Transfer Business Administration Phatania W. Exume ~ ** Marissa A. Schmarsow Kristen L. Felton Liberal Arts Transfer Business Administration President * Kiara J. Howard Wyatt F. Sullivan ~ Liberal Arts Transfer Liberal Arts Studies Liberal Arts Transfer Associate in Arts Liberal Arts Transfer Olawunmi Adenike Adeoyin 0 Martens Boulin 0 * Myriam Ayuk Agbortoko Jennifer Ann Brady # ** Violet Ogwepi Akoh t Christopher John Brunetti 0 Valdo Smicer G. Alfama ~ Tomi Ellen J. Bryant Vanessa Devon Alves Emily Rose Buckley ** * Scott G. Ames Manda Marie Buckley ** * Christopher Ryan Anderson Dianne Marie Bulman t Maira E. Andrade t Sheila Ann Bunnell 0 Andrei I. Anghel Cameron B. Butler t Alyssa K. Archer Jasmine K. T. Butler Katie Lea Arnold t Michael Richard Bythrow 0 Molly E. Atkinson Francesca J. Cadet Josephine Resurreccion Atwood ~ David H. Caidor ~ *** Melanie J. Auger 0 Linnea Elise Campbell 0 _ * Sarah Jessie-Leighton Auriemma • Leila Alves Canuto 0 *** Haylee M. Azevedo Victoria L. Capachione Christopher B. Barber 0 Devina F. Cardoso 0 Lucelina Barros ~ Romilla M. Cardoso 0 ** Kaylee Elizabeth Basel # Jillian Lee Carlson 0 * Andrew Michael Belton 0 Tharayinha Casimir # * Ruthersmith Advid Bercy Alexandra M. Castro t Jeanne-DArc Bernard Tyler B. Cataldo-Woodward Colby Taylor Bernier Tracy A. Ceneus * Nazli Hilal Beyaztas ~ Zinanni Janessa Chambers 0 Brianna Elizabeth Blair Davonte M. Chandler Clifford Junior Blanc Nanncie Suzie Charles ~ *** Janet T. Boccuzzo Paulina Sasha Chua ~ Lucas Sidney Booth 0 Patrick Claude 0 ** Cassandra Bordenave Cyre Olivia Coleman # * Andrew J. Borovietz 0 Kristi Lynn Concheri 0 * Honors ** High Honors *** Highest Honors # Commonwealth Honors Scholar t Degree conferred August 19, 2016 0 Degree conferred January 6, 2017 ~ Anticipated degree conferral August 18, 2017 Liberal Arts Transfer (continued) * James L. Conway II 0 X Joseph P. Gallagher Shantal Mariah Copeland 0 Nicholas Albert Gamache 0 Kayla Rose Correia 0 XX Ruth Ichel Gamboa t Shelbie Louise Cosato t Kaleigh Ann Gendreau 0 Brittany R Costa Hannah Faith Gilbert * Nicole NC Courtilien Indira Veronica Gomes * Allison Marie Craine 0 X Jesilina Goncalves * Emily Kathryn Crawford 0 Kateline Eloisa Goncalves Reginald A. Crosby Eddie Alberto Gonzalez Shelby D. Crosby ~ X Kayla Lynn Gould * Benjamin O. Crosta t Angelica Reed Greenidge Ryanne E. Croyle James Andrew Griffith 0 Danielle do Carmo Cunha X David Gisli Gudjonsson t Marnnon Albert Cunningham XX Brian Patrick Hall t ** Debora Maria da Silva t X Jennifer Marie Harrop William H. Dalton X Olivia Maria Hatton t *** Sarah Elizabeth Davidson Khialla Brianne Hawkins Courtney Lynn Davieau Rydia Hayes-Huer * Daniel M. DeSousa Nicola M. Forbes Vanessa A. Desousa 0 Staci Yolanda Herbin ~ X Elaine Dias Da Fonseca Christopher Michael Hession t Joseph Patrick Edward DiCesare 0 Christine M. Hill 0 X Carissa Danielle Diramio XXX Paige Elisabeth Hinchliffe 0 Chelsea Jenna Dolan Erin Kathryn Holdgate Charles J. Dougherty Edward J. Horrigan * Erika Lynn Downing Kayla M. Hourigan 0 X Rosemarie A. Drew t Aleigha Taylor Howze Brenna Ann Driscoll Jennifer Lynne Hunnewell Kyiree Dunn t Cameron Cecil Hylton X Joanne M. Dupuy XX Kristen Anne Ibbitson X Chrystal Elaine Durfee Benneth Ikemefuna Ikeagwuonwu Calynn Elizabeth Dwyer 0 X Yveline Jean Louis Impert Bradley Afonseca Elias Ryan Robert Irvine X Laura R. Ellis 0 X Rami A. Jabak X Michael Coleman Ellis Fleurette Cherma Jean Nesprolie Valents Elveus ~ Marlie Jean-Baptiste ~ Elmehdi Elyadri t Jeff JeanPhilippe Joe M. Estriplet t Alland Beward Jerome Lensay Shelenshe Eurase t Herby B. Jolimeau 0 Elian Lou Evangelista ~ Jeanne Jocelyn Joseph-Bray 0 Mark Ewas Abigail Grace Karlson t X Taylor Bailey Ewing X Bruna N. Koch Lovely Exil ~ Marina Taylor Kripke Mariano Figueroa Jennifer Elizabeth Kulpa 0 Joseph P. Finn t X Jessica Louise Laakso Sarah Ann Flattich X Taylor Leigh Lambrinos 0 Jenevieve Emily Freda Brian Anthony Lawrence Garry Gabriel Jr. Denise Nicole Lawrence Megan Leah Gajdos t X Devan Kathleen Leach * Honors ** High Honors *** Highest Honors # Commonwealth Honors Scholar t Degree conferred August 19, 2016 0 Degree conferred January 6, 2017 ~ Anticipated degree conferral August 18, 2017 Liberal Arts Transfer (continued) Robert C. Leighton 0 Alexander B. Miner 0 Erik Anthony D. Leitao da Graca t Rasheeda Alessandra Mohammed Dominick C. Leite 0 * Michael John Monahan 0 Debora Dutra Correia Leitzke Glaucia Alves Monteiro # John R. Lennon Jr. 0 Jeffanie Cardoso Monteiro ~ Christopher W. Lenoci Jose Antonio Monteiro *** Raymond Charles Letourneau 0 * Belinda Mae Moore 0 MiKayla Lewis t Cameron A. Morris ~ ** Qiao Li 0 Claire M. Moss 0 * Jessica E. Lima Tara Ann Murano 0 Vanessa Antionette Lindo ~ Allison Julia Murphy t Amanda Michelle Lloyd 0 Kaitlyn Jean Murphy Ariana Frances Lombardi Kelsey Taylor Murphy 0 Kellianne Long Samantha Marie Murray Abigail Lopes Michael Patrick Nagle 0 Jose J. Lopes 0 Alexandria Alana Nashawaty Peter Louissaint Jr. ~ Jeannine Marie OMalley Nore 0 *** John Edward Lynch # Anne-Suze Nosile Samuel Peter Mainini ** Chinwendu O. Nwosu Alexander Manganiello 0 Mackenzie A. O’Brien Esperant Emmanuel Manpasi Melanie Anne Ochoa t Catherine Ada Louise Manzi Mary Ellen O’Connor 0 Gwenevere Judith Marchand 0 Charlotte V. O’Gorman-Bean t Riley Marchione Christine T. O’Hara Grace Katherine Marhoffer ~ Katelyn Elizabeth O’Keeffe 0 * Joel E. Marquez 0 MBA Okocha t Caitlin Elizabeth Martinez 0 # Omoleye Adenike Olorunfunmi Natania Santos Martins + ** Dudley Georginio Oscar 0 # Cornelius Mwansa Masuwa t Syndie Paul ~ Jostin Joseph Mata Logan C. Payton Lauren E. Maurer ** Kathleen Elizabeth Peloquin 0 Geneva M. Maxey * Taylor A. Peloquin * Tia S. Mayers t * Brandon Scott Phalen 0 Kasey L. McDonald Vivian Alexandria Phillips 0 Kyle Joseph McDonald 0 Stuart Hamilton Pierce Jarrid David McElligott t * Crystal Laurene Pike Kasey Lee McGee Kathleen Shana Poteau Zelda Christain Renee McGhee Alexis Hope Prothero Maegan Renee McGrath *** Kathleen Patricia Purple Sophia May McIntosh Kyle W. Rakutis 0 Alexis Meghan McKenzie Benjamin Joseph Rangel t John Leo McKinnon t Valody Raymond Colin Edward McNelley Apryl Lillian Reed Bette Jean McVay Joseph Charles Reed t Kayla E. Meech Joanne Regis Andrew Steven Mendoza 0 Jacquelyn Lee Rehm Hayley Rebecca Michael Abony Reid 0 Michelle A. Millen Joscelyn N. Rennie 0 Charmaine Angela Miller ~ Kourtney Marie Reyes-Pimentel * Honors High Honors *** Highest Honors # Commonwealth Honors Scholar ** t Degree conferred August 19, 2016 0 Degree conferred January 6, 2017 ~ Anticipated degree conferral August 18, 2017