{"id":1319,"date":"2013-06-03T07:19:41","date_gmt":"2013-06-03T12:19:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gcc.mass.edu\/marketing\/?p=1319"},"modified":"2025-02-03T11:37:30","modified_gmt":"2025-02-03T16:37:30","slug":"2013-commencement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gcc.mass.edu\/newsroom\/2013\/06\/03\/2013-commencement\/","title":{"rendered":"2013 Commencement"},"content":{"rendered":"

GCC grads: \u2018Create hope in the world'<\/strong>
\nPresident Robert Pura, retiring Prof. Anne Wiley address college's 50th class<\/strong><\/p>\n

By CHRIS SHORES Recorder Staff<\/strong>
\nGREENFIELD \u2014 Protected from the hot, June sun by a large white tent on the campus lawn, students from Greenfield Community College's 50th graduating class were congratulated on their accomplishments but pointedly reminded that their education should be far from over.
\nA total of 380 graduates earned an associate degree from the college this year.
\n\"You have learned how to learn. What you do with that knowledge and those skills is now really up to you,\" said President Robert Pura, who used a story of his father to illustrate the importance of working hard while also finding balance in life.
\n\"I do not underestimate how difficult a task all of this will be in this country and in this economy \u2014 but that is my challenge to you,\" he said. \"I do have great faith in each one of you. Besides, you will have the rest of your life to work at it.\" Student speaker Erik Risinger, who will attend the University of Massachusetts in the fall, likened the future to a new product all of his peers had just purchased.
\n\"Your future is, after all, only a container ... what you put there is up to you,\" he said. \"Please enjoy it, use it responsibly and don't be afraid to test its limits, because it has none.\"
\nAnd Anne Wiley, a retiring psychology and gender and women's studies professor, told students to \"create hope\" in the world \u2014 despite the many challenges that they will face. She urged them to be activists for increasing funding for public higher education and preserving face-to-face education in a growing world of large online courses.
\nCommencement festivities started on Friday with a nurses pinning ceremony \u2014 an annual event that symbolizes those students' entrance into the profession.
\n<\/strong>Awards:<\/strong>
\nArt Department \"Medici\" Award: Crystal Atramor and Marita Bianchi Business and Information Technology: Mike Churchill Criminal Justice: Jamal Holland Drama Award: Emily Eaton Early Childhood Education: Sherri Goodwin Liberal Arts\/English: Samantha Tan Supnet International Student Scholastic Achievement Award: Iancu Placinta Liberal Arts\/Music: Kate McDougall For excellence in nursing care: Mandy Duncan For academic excellence nursing: Kelly Doyle Donald Oberacker Liberal Arts\/ Science: Taylor Cook, Michael Roberts, Kathryn Lauer, Andrew Frere Liberal Arts: Andrew M. Curran Peer Tutoring Programs Graduating Tutors 2013: Tigran Ayrapetyan, Mariah Black, Matthew Brown, Megan Burgielewicz, Fabio Dallorto, Christine Daugherty,KellyDoyle,MandyDuncan, Christopher Farr, Andrew Frere, Sarah Frisch, Andrew Gaspari, Michelle Glabach, Ashley Jobst, Kathryn Lauer, Tracey Lawler, Isolina Leiva Bowes, Christie Lemerise, Anthony Leonard, Ryan MacKinnon, Phillip Monta\u00f1o, Joseph Nickerson, Jason Raymond, Erik Risinger, Michael Roberts, Megan Russell, Abdourahmane Sarr, Evelyn Stankowski, Samantha Tan Supnet, Jonathan Whitcomb, Rose Whitcomb-Detmold The Walter M. Taylor Award: Shannon Coskran The Charles Green Award: Abbigail Cushing, Ashley Sears , Will Collins
\n<\/strong>Class of 2013<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Meaghan Ahearn<\/p>\n

Sheena M Alexander<\/p>\n

Scott A Allison<\/p>\n

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Katie M Bachinski<\/p>\n

Lynn M Baker<\/p>\n

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Andrei Banari<\/p>\n

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Youssef Benhatira<\/p>\n

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Jason Bienvenue<\/p>\n

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Elizabeth M Boliver<\/p>\n

Steven M Booth<\/p>\n

Ashley L Bordner<\/p>\n

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Amber Boyle<\/p>\n

Johnathan D Bratton<\/p>\n

Courtnie Brooks<\/p>\n

Barbara J Broussard<\/p>\n

Matthew C Brown<\/p>\n

Alexander W Buedinger<\/p>\n

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Allan H Burrage<\/p>\n

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Taylor S Cook<\/p>\n

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Christine E Daugherty<\/p>\n

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John F Day<\/p>\n

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Patricia L Dunn<\/p>\n

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Michael J Edmonds<\/p>\n

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Alexandra R Euvrard<\/p>\n

Grace Evangelista<\/p>\n

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Samantha A Fabian<\/p>\n

Christopher A Farr<\/p>\n

William A Farris<\/p>\n

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Jillian M Finck<\/p>\n

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Jackson E Fleury<\/p>\n

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Alexander J Fullerton<\/p>\n

Christina E Gallison<\/p>\n

Lucas M Gary<\/p>\n

Andrew L Gaspari<\/p>\n

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Jesse L Gexler<\/p>\n

Kimberly A Gibowicz<\/p>\n

Michelle R Glabach<\/p>\n

Kristin Goddu<\/p>\n

Robert S Goodnow<\/p>\n

Andrew J Goodreau<\/p>\n

Sherri M Goodwin<\/p>\n

Dylan J Gordon<\/p>\n

Jennifer L Gould<\/p>\n

Taylor A Granger<\/p>\n

Danielle K Grenier<\/p>\n

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John L Griffin<\/p>\n

Hope Griffis<\/p>\n

Michael Griswold<\/p>\n

Chelsea E Grybko<\/p>\n

Natalia Gutsa<\/p>\n

Matthew R Hale-Howe<\/p>\n

Owen R Harrington-Woodard<\/p>\n

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Rebecca L Hatch<\/p>\n

Melissa A Hathaway<\/p>\n

Danielle M Hawley<\/p>\n

Bryan Hayes<\/p>\n

Richard R Hebert<\/p>\n

Bryon S Hefner<\/p>\n

Tiffany M Henry<\/p>\n

Jake W Hoak<\/p>\n

Thomas W Hodsdon<\/p>\n

Jamal S Holland<\/p>\n

Kasey R Holland<\/p>\n

Jordan W Holloway<\/p>\n

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Austin R Jacobs<\/p>\n

Melissa Jacoby<\/p>\n

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Ashley A Jobst<\/p>\n

Samantha N Johnson<\/p>\n

Emily C Juster<\/p>\n

Redwan Z Kabbout<\/p>\n

Anthony Kanaley<\/p>\n

Michael Kappenman<\/p>\n

Marci L Katz<\/p>\n

Eric J Keenan-Gray<\/p>\n

Sheila A Kelliher<\/p>\n

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John M Kennedy<\/p>\n

Susanna S Khasanova<\/p>\n

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Annelise M Kloster<\/p>\n

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Crystal L Koncz<\/p>\n

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David J Kris<\/p>\n

Courtney Krzanowski<\/p>\n

Lucas B Kubisch<\/p>\n

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Aaron R Lafrenaye<\/p>\n

Paul H Landry<\/p>\n

Nixo D Lanning<\/p>\n

Pamela S Lapierre<\/p>\n

Katie L LaPlante<\/p>\n

Kathryn R Lauer<\/p>\n

Tracey M Lawler<\/p>\n

Graham C Lawson<\/p>\n

JinKwang Lee<\/p>\n

Isolina Leiva Bowes<\/p>\n

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Anthony D Leonard<\/p>\n

Morgan W Leonard<\/p>\n

Asha G Letendre-Cahillane<\/p>\n

Stacie F Lewandowski<\/p>\n

Dylan W Limoges<\/p>\n

Brandon S Lively<\/p>\n

Diana M Lorenzo<\/p>\n

Raylene P Lotz<\/p>\n

Carly A Lovrien<\/p>\n

Christopher J Lovrien<\/p>\n

Julian Lowenthal<\/p>\n

Aaron D Mackenzie<\/p>\n

Ryan G MacKinnon<\/p>\n

Patrick S MacNab<\/p>\n

James Maes<\/p>\n

Christopher A Malo<\/p>\n

Leo T Mammarella<\/p>\n

Parker Manning<\/p>\n

Michael C Mansfield<\/p>\n

George P Marchacos<\/p>\n

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Amber L Marshall<\/p>\n

Emma Marsters<\/p>\n

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Adam R Martin<\/p>\n

Jarod D Martin<\/p>\n

Kimberly A Martin<\/p>\n

Darrell J Massa<\/p>\n

Elizabeth A Mathews<\/p>\n

James E Mawson<\/p>\n

Justin H Maynard<\/p>\n

Aiyana A McConnell-Beepath<\/p>\n

Kate F McDougall<\/p>\n

Douglass C McGill<\/p>\n

Charlotte L McKee<\/p>\n

Edythe McKee<\/p>\n

Hazen T McKinney<\/p>\n

Christopher R McMahon<\/p>\n

Amanda L Mehr<\/p>\n

Christopher M Merrigan<\/p>\n

John A Mielnikowski<\/p>\n

Joshua L Mills<\/p>\n

Margaret J Milotte<\/p>\n

Scott J Miner<\/p>\n

Martha Mitchell<\/p>\n

Christopher J Monasterski<\/p>\n

Phillip J Montano<\/p>\n

Campbell W Morgan<\/p>\n

Lisa Morrin<\/p>\n

Sharon E Nagle<\/p>\n

Erkin E Nasar<\/p>\n

Alexander M Newman<\/p>\n

Joseph H Nickerson<\/p>\n

Christopher M Noble<\/p>\n

Rachael S Nordstrom<\/p>\n

Alexander S Norwood<\/p>\n

Sebastian Ohm<\/p>\n

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Christopher D Overstreet<\/p>\n

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Timothy D Parent<\/p>\n

Adria L Paulson<\/p>\n

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Roy A Perdue<\/p>\n

Carlyn R Perry<\/p>\n

Savanna T Pescosolido<\/p>\n

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Rachel Porter<\/p>\n

Ursula M Posl<\/p>\n

Michael Posnik<\/p>\n

Kyle R Pouliot<\/p>\n

Brent T Prescott<\/p>\n

Tatiana Quintana<\/p>\n

Zoe M Rae<\/p>\n

Adriano A Randi<\/p>\n

Eileen M Rauch<\/p>\n

Jason R Raymond<\/p>\n

Kathleen E Reed<\/p>\n

John I Rees<\/p>\n

Chloe C Reid<\/p>\n

James E Rejniak<\/p>\n

Melissa Rennie<\/p>\n

M. Diane Reynolds<\/p>\n

Erik A Risinger<\/p>\n

Cameron J Roach<\/p>\n

Michael D Roberts<\/p>\n

Shenee J Robinson<\/p>\n

Wilmary M Rodriguez<\/p>\n

Hillary J Rogers<\/p>\n

Emily R Rowell<\/p>\n

Jason Russell<\/p>\n

Megan C Russell<\/p>\n

Shelby J Sadler<\/p>\n

Allura M Sanderson<\/p>\n

Abdourahmane Sarr<\/p>\n

Maggie K Schiller<\/p>\n

Andrew Schmidt<\/p>\n

Eric P Schmidt<\/p>\n

Lacey K Schmit<\/p>\n

Samantha J Schouler<\/p>\n

Jonathan D Schwaiger<\/p>\n

Ashley Sears<\/p>\n

HollyMarie Sevene<\/p>\n

Ashley M Shaffer<\/p>\n

Jennifer D Shaw<\/p>\n

Patrice M Shelkey<\/p>\n

Alexandra B Sherman<\/p>\n

Taylor Shulda<\/p>\n

Mikhail I Sineokov<\/p>\n

Daniel J Sintoni<\/p>\n

Sarah L Skiffington<\/p>\n

Michael A Smith<\/p>\n

Rebecca J Smith<\/p>\n

Colin A Sohn<\/p>\n

Laura A Sokolosky<\/p>\n

Katherine E Soper<\/p>\n

Kim Soule<\/p>\n

Daniel L Spector<\/p>\n

Evelyn P Stankowski<\/p>\n

Maria A Steriti<\/p>\n

Gerri S Stetson<\/p>\n

Jack L Stewart<\/p>\n

Albert W Stone<\/p>\n

Caleb Stone<\/p>\n

Lynnette K Stribley<\/p>\n

Ashley M Sturgeon<\/p>\n

Samantha T Supnet<\/p>\n

Alyssa A Sutton<\/p>\n

Kimberleigh J Swasey<\/p>\n

Ilene J Sweeney<\/p>\n

Brandon M Sylvester<\/p>\n

Hillary E Szteliga<\/p>\n

Rita J Tauscher<\/p>\n

Andrew G Teagno<\/p>\n

Hilary Terapane<\/p>\n

Joshua C Therien<\/p>\n

Robert G Tobin<\/p>\n

Eric M Toia<\/p>\n

Jake Tourville-Thibault<\/p>\n

Stephanie L Townsley<\/p>\n

Jillian M Tozloski<\/p>\n

Nicole Truman<\/p>\n

Yen P Ung<\/p>\n

Austin J Urkiel<\/p>\n

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Brian A VanGuilder<\/p>\n

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Michael D Vear<\/p>\n

Frank C Waldron<\/p>\n

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Alex J Westfall<\/p>\n

Jonathan A Whitcomb<\/p>\n

Rose Whitcomb-Detmold<\/p>\n

Robert E Whitney<\/p>\n

John Wickline<\/p>\n

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Colin Willey<\/p>\n

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