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SOURCE: Elms College
Elms College will hold the school’s 81st commencement exercises at 10 a.m. on Saturday, May 19, 2012 at the MassMutual Center in Springfield.
Chicopee, MA (PRWEB) May 17, 2012
What: Elms College 81st commencement ceremonies
When: 10 a.m., Saturday, May 19
Where: MassMutual Center, 1277 Main Street, Springfield, Mass., 01103
Commencement address: Mark Gregory Hambley, veteran diplomat and retired United States ambassador to Qatar and Lebanon
Honorary degree: Mark Gregory Hambley, veteran diplomat and retired United States ambassador to Qatar and Lebanon
Via Veritatis award: Mary Jane England, M.D., visiting professor of Health Policy and Management at the Boston University School of Public Health and former President of Regis College
Distinguished alumni award: Diane Brunelle, a 1984 Elms graduate and the vice president of patient care services and chief nursing officer at Noble Hospital
Graduating class: 398 total
316 undergraduates
182 bachelor of arts degrees
134 bachelor of science degrees
2 associate degrees
74 master's degrees
6 certificates of advanced graduate study
The MassMutual Center is located at 1277 Main Street in downtown Springfield, between Falcons Way and State Street. Attendees are asked to enter through the box office entrance located on Falcons Way, just across the street from Civic Center Parking Garage. Parking will be available in the garage for $7.
Elms College is a co-educational, Catholic college offering a liberal arts curriculum that gives students multiple perspectives on life. Founded in 1928 by the Sisters of St. Joseph, Elms College has a tradition of educating reflective, principled, and creative learners, who are rooted in faith, educated in mind, compassionate in heart, responsive to civic and social obligations, and capable of adjusting to change without compromising principle.
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