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Roxbury Community College June 2006 2, Four O'clock P.M. RoxburyCommunityCollege ReggieLewisTrackandAthleticCenter Oh,say,canyousee,bythedawn'searlyHght, Whatsoproudlywehailedatthetwilight'slastgleaming? Whosebroadstripesandbrightstars,thro'theperilousfight' O'ertherampartswewatched,weresogallantlystreaming. Andtherocketsredglare,thebombsburstinginair. Gaveproofthroughthenightthatourflagwasstillthere. Oh,say,doesthatstar-spangledbanneryetwave O'erthelandofthefreeandthehomeofthebrave? FrancisScottKey 1779 - 1843 Liftev'ryvoiceandsing Tillearthandheavenring, RingwiththeharmoniesofLiberty; Letourrejoicingrise.Highasthelist'ningskies. Letitresoundloudastherollingsea. Singasongfiillofthefaiththatthedarkpasthastaughtus. Singasongfoilofthehopethatthepresenthasbroughtus; Facingtherisingsunofournewdaybegun Letusmarchon'tilvictoryiswon. JamesWeldonJohnson 1871 - 1938 n Prelude Processional The audience is requestedto remain seatedduring theprocessionalforstudents andfaculty. MusicprovidedbyDr John J. Weeks. GraftonJob Corps Color Guardwillpost the colors. Students'GreetingsFromAroundtheWorld NationalAnthemandLiftEv'ryVoiceandSing The New England Conservatory Community Gospel Choir Greetings From the President Dr. TerrenceA. Gomes GreetingsFromtheMassachusettsBoardofHigherEducation Mr. Richard Talyor GreetingsFromtheStudentGovernmentPresident Ms.Giselle O'Brady Greetings FromtheAlumni Ms. AzureD. Parker Class of2005 Musical Selection The New England Conservatory Community Gospel Choir IntroductionofCommunityServiceRecipient Dk Alane Shanks, Vice President ofAdministration andFinance CommunityServiceAward Mr. Clayton Turnbull- AwardRecipient IntroductionoftheValedictorian Dk Brenda W. Mercomes, VicePresident ofAcademicAffairs StudentAddress Mr. Timothy Sullivan -Valedictorian IntroductionoftheCommencementSpeaker Ms. Stephanie C. Janey Enrollment Management andStudentAffairs CommencementAddress Ms. Callie Crossley Musical Selection Ms. Marcia Brathwaite Conferring ofDegrees and Certificates AuthorizationoftheBoardofTrustees Ms. Michele Courton Brown, Chair, BoardofTrustees Dr. TerrenceA. Gomes, President IntroductionofDegreeandCertificateCandidates PresidedbyDr. Brenda W. Mercomes, Vice PresidentofAcademicAffairs CandidatesforAssociate ofArts degree introducedby Dean PatrickSeyon CandidatesforAssociate ofScience degree introducedby Dean Thomas Sabbagh Candidatesfor Certificates with specification introduced by Dean JoAnn Mulready-Shick Presentation ofDegrees and Certificatestothe Students Ms. Michele Courton Brown,Chair, BoardofTrustees Dk TerrenceA. Gomes, President PresidedbyDr. Brenda W. Mercomes, Vice President ofAcademicAffairs President's Chargeto the Graduating Class of2006 Dk TerrenceA. Gomes, President Recessional The audience is requestedto remain seatedduring the recessional andis invited immediately after the ceremony to a reception in theReggieLewis Trackand Athletic CenterFieldHouse. Terrence A. Gomes Today is a landmark in the chosenpath for yourHves.Beyondthislandmark,orsignpost, awaits a world around you that is real and exciting. But this is notjustthe end; think of today as the beginning ofnew opportunities, experiences and growth. Iwouldlikeforyoutoremembertoday,not justthemoment,buttheyearsthathaveleadto this moment. The days spenttogetherin class, the hardwork and sacrifices endured andthe friendships thathavebeen builtalongtheway. Education is afrontierforchanginghowwe chooseto live, howwe choose to educate, and how we choose to govern ourselves for future generations to come. Please grasp the opportunities whenthey arise, for therein,liesthekeytoyourfutureandthefutureofallourcommunities. I am very proud ofyou and what you have accomplished. Your graduationwillhelppavethewayasyoutraveltheroadtogreatersuccess bothincollegeandbeyond.Youwillbetheleadersoftomorrowandwith theeducationyounowhaveandwillseekfurther,itwilltakeyoutonew heightstoachievemanyofyourdreams andthe dreamsofothers. MyheartiestcongratulationstotheClassof2006. 1wisheachofyou theverybestandmuch success inthe future. Sincerely, Dr. Terrence A. Gomes President Callie Crossley Callie Crossley is a woman for all media - a commentator, public speaker, writer, broadcast journalist, and filmmaker. She is a regularcommentatorfortheradioprogram"NPR NewsandNoteswithEdGordon"andafrequent commentator for other national radio programs including "On the Media," and for national televisionprogramslikeCNNandC-SPAN.Ms. Crossley is best known to Bostonians for her weekly commentary on the WGBH-TV media criticismprogram,"BeatthePress,"anineyearoldawardwinningprogram examininglocalandnationalmediacoverage. Whennotworking as acommentator, moderator, public speakerand producer, Ms. Crossley serves as Program Manager for the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard where she directs the speakers programforthecurrentclassofNiemanFellows. Ms.Crossleyisherselfafrequentlysoughtspeakerandhasbeenquoted in some ofthe nation's top periodicals including the Boston Globe, the Wall Street Journal, The Christian Science Monitor, The New York Times, The San Francisco Chronicle, and Newsweek. Prior to her current work, Ms. Crossley spent thirteen years as a networktelevisionProducerforABC NEWS 20/20 reportinghealth and medicalstories.Inaddition,shewasaProduceronthecriticallyacclaimed PBSdocumentaryseries"EyesonthePrize:America'sCivilRightsYears 1954-1965."TheAcademyofMotionPictureArts andScienceshonored her hour with an Oscar® nomination for Best Documentary Feature. Crossleyproducedthe documentarywhileworkingforBlackside, Inc., a Boston based independent film production company for which she also served as Senior Series Producer on the 2003 PBS documentary series "ThisFarByFaith:African-AmericanSpiritualJourneys." Herworkhasearnedseveraltopjournalismawards,includinganational Emmy, aPeabody, a Christopher, an Edward R. Murrow award, andthe AlfredI. Dupont-Columbiaaward (GoldBaton), consideredthe Pulitzer Prizeofbroadcastjournalism. CallieCrossleywasawardedtwofellowshipsfromHarvardUniversity: aNiemanFellowship, ayearlong sabbatical forprofessionaljournalists; andanInstitute ofPolitics Fellowship atthe JohnF. Kennedy School of Government. Twoyears ago, TheWoodrowWilsonNationalFellowship FoundationselectedherasaWoodrowWilsonVisitingFellowtojointhe ranksofformerdiplomats,authors,andbusinessexecutivesinguestlecturing atliberalartscollegesanduniversitiesacrossthecountry. Ms.CrossleyisagraduateofWellesleyCollegeandisalsotherecipient 5 ofanhonoraryDoctorofArts degree fromPineManorCollege. Currently, sheisamemberoftheninememberjudgingJuryforthe DuPontColumbiaAwards,andhasjustbeenappointedtothenational AdvisoryBoardoftheWoodrowWilsonVisitingFellowsprogram. She is also amemberoftwoBostonareabasedBoards-theFordHall Forum,andCambridgeReads. Clayton H.W. Turnbull ClaytonH.W.Turnbull,in 1992,securedthe rights to develop a geographical area for Dimkin' Donuts as a Franchisee. His purchase ofan Exclusive Development Agreement with Dunkin' Donuts for major parts ofDorchester, Mattapan, Roxbury andthe South Endhasbeen the launchingpad forthe network ofstores The WaldwinGroup has developed. As CEO ofThe WaldwinGroup, Inc. Mr. Turnbull'spassionand commitment for the business is evident by his frequent visibility in the stores. The Mission Statement ofhis company further displays his passion for service: it states "Our team isproudly committed to providing thefreshestproducts to our customers and creating apositive experience in a warm andfriendly environment." Mr.Turnbull is a graduate ofThe University ofMassachusetts. He servesonmanyboardsandorganizationsincludingCitizen'sBankofBoston andBethIsraelDeaconessMedicalCenter(BIDMC)aswellaschairsthe Neighborhood Housing Trust and Dimock Community Health Center FoundationBoard. ClaytonH.W.TurnbullrecentlyservedasVicePresident ofthe2004DemocraticNational Convention, one ofthemostsuccessful conventions forthe Democrats. Mr.TurnbullhaslivedinBostonfor40yearsandcontinuestobeinvolved inshapingthefutureofthecity.For12years,hehasservedontheboardof Morgan Memorial Goodwill Industries, Black & White Boston and The DudleyStreetNeighborhoodInitiative,auniqueorganizationthatestablished thestandardsandinfluencedthewaycommunitiesarerevitalized. Hehas received many awards and recognition for his work as a successful entrepreneurandhiscommunityinvolvement.Mostrecently,theUniversity ofMassachusettspresentedhimwiththeBoston'sExemplaryLeadership Award. Hisvaluesandprioritiesbeginwithhisfamily.Althoughhehasreceived numerousawardsandrecognitionforhisaccomplishments,hecontinuesto be focused andproud ofthe efforts and accomplishments ofeachone of hisretailoutletsandtheirstaff Aboveall,Mr.Turnbullemphasizes,"Mywifeandfamilyarethebest partofmylife." Degreesarepresentedinthefollowingorder. OlumideA.Adepoju YasminA.Dudley GeneralConcentration BuinessAdministration RichardT.Agbortoko Jean-Marc Dumay BiologicalScience BusinessAdministration AjmalemM.Akalat DajairaDuranGuerrero Pre-HealthCareers BuinessAdministration TolulopeA.Alabi MarieDaniellaExantus BiologicalScience GeneralConcentration AmidE.Alasa RosemaryL.Finley BusinessAdministration GeneralConcentration AqueelahN.Alford JuliusN.Francis BusinessAdministration MusicalArts RamonaArad HelenGarcia-Decoteau GeneralConcentration BusinessAdministration SonnyAsoa Maties Getachew BusinessAdministration GeneralConcentration EyobA.Berhe* BrunildaGonzalez-Velez BiologicalScience GeneralConcentration TrinikaL.Brandon PamelaF.Green Pre-HealthCareers GeneralConcentration XochitlD. Castro* BarbaraA.Griffiths Pre-HealthCareers BusinessAdministration MarieG.Charles MonicaGuerrero BusinessAdministration BusinessAdministration CharlotteC. Cowan SamsonHailemichael'* BroadcastMediaTechnology BiologicalScience RalphE.Darius RyanO.Harris Pre-HealthCareers BroadcastMediaTechnology NancyE.Davis DiannaN.Igbo GeneralConcentration BiologicalScience CarlaV.DeBarros NesroM.Jemal BuinessAdministration BiologicalScience EmiliaG.Depina RazarKhir BiologicalScience BiologicalScience SteveDesrosiers ClaudioLopez BuinessAdministration Pre-Engineering DianaDorisca Hizbadam G. Mersha GeneralConcentration Pre-HealthCareers AsterisksdenoteHonorsstudents r^Td<i^ye^ia^^^'th^^ ArrachaelB.Miller HafsaO.Salim BusinessAdministration BusinessAdministration HafsaS.Mohamed MwainaSalumu BusinessAdministration BusinessAdministration ValerieL.Moise AgnesB.Sanon BroadcastMediaTechnology Pre-HealthCareers EloisaH. Monteiro VeniceC.Scott BusinessAdministration Pre-HealthCareers LeonneNazaire JoleneSeme Pre-HealthCareers GeneralConcentration GiselleO'Brady* AsataA.Sillah BusinessAdministration Pre-HealthCareers MbonuO. Onujiogu TinaM.Silva BiologicalScience GeneralConcentration NataliePajibo TraniseM. Smith GeneralConcentration GeneralConcentration DiannaW.Pena ShirleySt.Aubin GeneralConcentration BiologicalScience FranciaA.Pena TimothyB. Sullivan* InternationalBusiness BusinessAdministration CarmenI.Pepin JeanG.Vertus GeneralConcentration BusinessAdministration LewisA.Perdomo MagdalyneViltus GeneralConcentration Pre-HealthCareers NaomieM.D.Remy JacquelineS.Wallace GeneralConcentration BusinessAdministration HarrietK. Reynolds Alphonso Westley Pre-HealthCareers BusinessAdministration DawnY.Rodriguez ShekoraM.Whitehead Pre-HealthCareers BusinessAdministration AllieS.Saccoh L'RayJ.Williams BiologicalScience Pre-HealthCareers AnneJ. SaintJuste OthneilE.Wilson BiologicalScience BusinessAdministration AnneJ. SaintJuste CrystalA. Zollarcoffer Pre-HealthCareers GeneralConcentration AsterisksdenoteHonorsstudents -fi^dd^yem^y{2/(t2^€^^£^l€e V OluwabunmiK.Adamolekun Makkini0.Ennis Nursing Nursing KaylomorAdegboyega ChinweV.Eze CriminalJustice Nursing IriodaloT.Adodo OlaFalade CriminalJustice Nursing VaniaS.Alves FangFang CriminalJustice Nursing WillemJ.N.Arets KirkA.Folkes Nursing Nursing VivianE.Azums IvanS.FordeII Nursing ComputerInformation Systems MarieD. Barton MichelleFrancis Nursing CriminalJustice PauletteBonnet TiffanyA. Frazier EarlyChildhoodEducation Nursing AlidaK.Brennan ArmanyJ.Garcia Nursing EarlyChildhoodEducation MarshaL. Burgess MiguelA. Gonzalez Nursing CriminalJustice AnaC.Cardoso SamanthaS.Gray Business Management CriminalJustice MariaO.Cardoso BelindaR.Hanley Nursing Nursing AndellK.Caruth AlexM.Hold* ComputerInformation Systems CriminalJustice ClaudiaY.Collins LyndaM.O.Ikeogu Nursing Nursing JearmetteY.Collymore AdalgisaJaquez CriminalJustice CriminalJustice KeshiaJ.Cook HenokG.Jimma EarlyChildhoodEducation CriminalJustice LuisD.DePina BeverlyA.Jones ComputerInformation Systems Nursing BezawitA. Derseh FarahP.Joseph Accounting CriminalJustice PerlineDorceus MahletM. Kebede Hospitality Management CriminalJustice SadieEdwards BeniettaL.Kruah Nursing Nursing AsterisksdenoteHonorsstudents 10