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Mount Pleasant, NY
Schools
Video: ‘Silent Graduation’ Held By Area High School So Student With Autism Can Get Diploma
A Carmel High School student was able to receive his diploma thanks to the help of the entire 2019 graduating class, and family and friends attending the event. Jack Higgins, who is autistic and hypersensitive to sound, was able to receive his diploma after the school's principal, Lou Riolo, asked all attending the event to hold "silent graduation," when he accepted his diploma. The students all attending agreed and Higgins, escorted by his brothers, was able to walk to the podium and accept his diploma with all silent, but with many clapping silently. As the young teen was leaving the are…
Poughkeepsie, NY
Lifestyle
First Class Of Hudson River Health Care Nurse Practitioner Residents Graduates
On Thursday, August 30, Hudson River Health Care (HRHCare) was proud to celebrate the graduation of their first class of nurse practitioner residents: Tameka Bland, Nancy Gartin-Checchi, and Erika McNair. HRHCare has a long history of training medical residents and students, but these three nurse practitioners were the first to graduate from the new HRHCare Nurse Practitioner Residency Program. “Community health centers provide care to approximately 28 million people in urban and rural communities across the country, with that care being provided increasingly by teams including nurse practit…
New Canaan, CT
Schools
Photos: New Canaan Country School Celebrates 2018 Grads
Thirty-two ninth graders graduated from New Canaan Country School during the school's closing exercises on Thursday. The Head of School, Dr. Robert P. Macrae, encouraged the graduates of the Class of 2018 to continue to take ownership for their learning. “Each member of the Class of 2018 can proudly claim an ownership stake in Country School,” said Macrae. “Every one of you has a unique story of how this place has become your own. You went to great lengths to protect, preserve and promote the school you love—to leave it a better place than when you entered.” Ninth Grader Hannah Nightinga…
Poughkeepsie, NY
Schools
Ready For The World: Dutchess Community College Celebrates Class Of 2018
Dutchess Community College conferred degrees and certificates to more than 1,000 graduates on Thursday, May 17 at the Mid-Hudson Civic Center. The college invited County Executive Marc Molinaro, a DCC graduate, and other local officials to offer congratulatory remarks to the graduates. More photos of the commencement ceremony can be found by clicking here.
Pleasantville, NY
Schools
Pace University Grads Encouraged To Spread Kindness, Curiosity, Tenacity
Kindness, curiosity and tenacity were the qualities that Pace University graduates were encouraged to cultivate on Wednesday, May 16 as the university held its 50th annual commencement at the Pleasantville campus. Degrees were conferred on more than 700 graduates and honorary degrees were presented to “Color of Water” author James McBride and posthumously to environmental and community leader David Swope, a native of Ossining. “When you fail at something, come back and hit it again! This is just the beginning,” commencement speaker McBride told students. “You already know how to succeed. Wh…
