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Roxbury Community College Twenty-Fifth Annual Commencement Friday, June 2, 2000 Three O'Clock pm Media Arts Center Roxiiury Community College Yearsofdreamingandplanningcametolifein1973,whenRoxbury CommunityCollegeopeneditsdoorsintheGroveHallareaofRoxbury. Despitelessthanperfectsurroundings-itslocationwasaformercar dealership-RCC'sdedicatedfaculty,staff,andadministrationservedtheeducational needsoffourhundredstudents.TheCollege'smission,asitisnow,wastoprovide highereducationtothoseBostonresidentswhofoundmostotheravenuestohigher educationclosed. Aglobalvillage,RCC'smulticulturalandethnicallydiversestudentpopulationhas setitapartfromothercommunitycollegesintheCommonwealth.Althoughmostof ourstudentsarefromBostonandsurroundingcommunities,manycomefromall cornersoftheworldincluding:NorthAmerica,CentralAmerica,SouthAmerica, Africa,Asia,theMiddleEast,andEurope.InternationalstudentsalsohailfromBrazil, China,Trinidad,Peru,Barbados,Nigeria,Haiti,andJamaica. In 1975,growthwastheimpetusforamoveto424DudleyStreet,aformernursing home.Thismovepermittedtheexpansionandstrengtheningofacademicprograms andstudentservices.Thecollegecontinuedtogrow,whichprecipitatedanother movein1982totheformersiteofBostonStateCollegeonHuntingtonAvenue.Asthe collegecontinuedtoshiftitsservicebasetomeetexpandingenrollment,thegoalto establishapermanenthomeforRoxburyCommunityCollegeintheheartofthe communitiesitserves,remainedstrong. Withmuchanticipationandfanfare,RoxburyCommunityCollegebuiltitsnewhome asthecornerstoneoftheSouthwestCorridorintheSpringof1988.This 15acre campusincludesastate-of-the-artMediaArtsBuilding,AcademicBuilding, AdministrationBuilding,StudentCenter,ReggieLewisTrackandAthleticCenterand on-siteparking.Inadditiontothe15acreColumbusAvenueCampus,Roxbury CommunityCollegehasanadditionalcampusat989CommonwealthAvenue. Withrenewedcommitment,RoxburyCommunityCollegecontinuesitslegacyof providingeducationalopportunitiesforallwhoenteritsdoors. Lilt EvVy Voice and Sin^ Liftev'ryvoiceandsing Tillearthandheavenring, RingwiththeharmoniesofLiberty; Letourrejoicingrise,Highasthelist'ningskies. Letitresoundloudastherollingsea. Singasongftillofthefaiththatthedarkpasthastaughtus. Singasongfullofthehopethatthepresenthasbroughtus; Facingtherisingsunofournewdaybegun Letusmarchontillvictoryiswon. James Welaon Jonnson Roxbury Community College Board or Trustees SharifAbdal-Khallaq Chairman ofthe Board HarryJ.SterUng,Jr. Vice Chairman andTreasurer Alberto B.Calvo Dr.Allen Counter PervisRyans,Jr. Secretary SophiaCotton StudentTrustee Dr.GraceCarolynBrown President RoxburyCommunityCollege RoxJiury Community College Founaation Board or Directors MarvaRNathan President WilliamR.Sapers VicePresident SylviaA.McDowell Clerk RobertA.Williams III Treasurer DonnaHarris-Lewis RichardM.Lee JoanResnikoff Dr.RobertSperber GeraldM.Tuckman SharifAbdal-Khallaq Ex.Officio Thomas Pencil Executive Director Administration Dr.GraceCarolyn Brown President Dr.TossieTaylor Interim Provost Ms.MonicaP.Bond Dean ofCurriculum &Instruction Mrs.BarbaraBurgess Dean ofStudentAffairs Dr.NadineDowling ChiefDevelopmentResources Officer Dr.RudolphEJones DeanofEnrollmentManagement Mr.KeithMcDermott DirectorofRLTAC Ms.Hattie Reid Assistant Dean,UrbanAffairs Mr.Thomas C.Sweeney ChiefFinancial Officer Dr.RaymondTurner Executive DeanofInformation Technology 2000 CortiineiicemerLt Program Processional BrentIrvineQuintet Invocation ReverendDr.MichaelEllis LiftEv'ryVoiceandSing Audience CKargetotheCollege Mr.SharifAbdal-Khallaq Chairman,BoardofTrustees Dr.JudithGill ActingChancellor Mass.BoardofHigherEducation RecognitionofGuests Dr.GraceCarolynBrown President Introductionofthe Ms.BarbaraBurgess Valedictorian DeanofStudentAffairs Valedictorian IfeomaMaryEche Introductionofthe Mr.HarrySterling CommencementSpeaker ViceChairmanandTreasurer BoardofTrustees CommencementAddress ProfessorCharlesJ.Ogletree,Jr. HarvardUniversity MusicalSelection YusufAkbar RCCStudent Presentationof Dr.TossieTaylor DegreeCandidates InterimProvost Ms.MonicaBond DeanofCurriculum&Instruction ConferralofDegrees Dr.GraceCarolynBrown President PresentationofCertificates Ms.MonicaBond DeanofCurriculum&Instruction ConferralofCertificates Dr.GraceCarolynBrown President AlumniCharge GillianVanDelft 1996RCCGraduate RecognitionofScholarship Ms.MarvaNathan Recipients President,RCCFoundation ClosingRemarks Dr.GraceCarolynBrown President Benediction ReverendDr.MichaelEllis Recessional BrentIrvineQuintet Receptionimmediatelyfollowingceremony Candidates ior Decrees & Certificates Name Major Degree/Certificate A AbdirashidM.Abdullahi Pre-Nursing AssociateofArts PaulosB.Abraha BusinessAdministration AssociateofArts MiridisC.Acosta SocialScience AssociateofArts YusufAkbar BiologicalScience AssociateofArts PakersinoAlexis Bookkeeping Certificate StacyA.Alfred BusinessAdministration AssociateofArts VashtiE.Alves MedicalSecretary AssociateofScience ManduI.Anaka Nursing AssociateofScience Sifondel.Anaka BusinessAdministration AssociateofArts Ann-MarieB.Angus Nursing AssociateofScience CharityAdaAnyamele GeneralConcentration AssociateofArts EugeniaArroyo SocialScience AssociateofArts B MaduenoT.Barbosa WordProcessing AssociateofScience AnnyYokastaBautista GeneralConcentration AssociateofArts LouisaC.Blue Accounting AssociateofScience RaisaBodnya OfficeTechnology Certificate DorothyC.Bowers Nursing AssociateofScience MarilynLyreceBrookins Nursing AssociateofScience DeniseBrown WordProcessing Certificate SandraDeniseBurdette GeneralConcentration AssociateofArts C JulieA.Cabral GeneralConcentration AssociateofArts HenryW.Cadogan GeneralConcentration AssociateofArts Donny0.Cameron BusinessAdministration AssociateofArt SimoneCrystalCharles GeneralConcentration AssociateofArts WeiMingChen ComputerInformationSystems AssociateofScience Certificate JeanRomereCius GeneralConcentration AssociateofArts KimairysA.Colon Engineering&Architectural Design&CAD Certificate LuisaH.Correia GeneralConcentration AssociateofArts D MaryBethDailey Pre-Nursing AssociateofArts SharolynMaretaDavis Microcomputer Applications AssociateofScience WillieGrantDawson GeneralConcentration AssociateofArts NicoleDianDePina EarlyChildhoodEducation AssociateofScience D continued PhillipRolandDern ComputerInformationSystems AssociateofScience/AA. ArnoldDiogene ComputerInformationSystems AssociateofScience LouisemaineDominique WordProcessing Certificate MeleklavonDunn GeneralConcentration AssociateofArts MarthaGuillerminaDuranRios WordProcessing AssociateofScience E X-IfeomaMaryEche GeneralConcentration AssociateofArts F Safa0.Fagiri BiologicalScience AssociateofArts CaniceA.Farrell Accounting AssociateofScience Yewande0.Fashakin GeneralConcentration AssociateofArts NatalyaV.Fedorova Accounting AssociateofScience KeitaS.Fennick GeneralConcentration AssociateofArts FarazFiroozabadi Pre-Engineering AssociateofArts YnneshK.Francis GeneralConcentration AssociateofArts AnthonyHoUisFrancis CriminalJustice AssociateofScience G ValeriePriscillaGardner SocialScience AssociateofArts MuluGedlu GeneralConcentration AssociateofArts JohnW.Gitau GeneralConcentration AssociateofArts AngelicaM.Gordon SocialScience AssociateofArts LindaRamonaGovind Nursing AssociateofScience MarieC.Gracisse GeneralConcentration AssociateofArts H WalterL.Haynes GeneralConcentration AssociateofArts GhislaineM.Hernandez Nursing AssociateofScience WendyE.Hernandez Accounting AssociateofScience MicrocomputerApplications Certificate AdenHussein Accounting AssociateofScience Ii LorettaA.Ihedioha Nursing AssociateofScience IkechiC.Ihenetu ComputerInformation Systems AssociateofScience J GracieuseJeanLouis EarlyChildhoodEducation AssociateofScience LaurentM.Jean-Baptiste BiologicalScience AssociateofArts Jean-RobertJean-Baptiste Accounting AssociateofScience FayolahMartineJean-Lestin Accounting AssociateofScience FeniaJeanhilaire Nursing AssociateofScience MarieRoseMarjorieJeanty GeneralConcentration AssociateofArts