BATH — Members of the Southern Maine Community College Bath Center and University College at Bath/Brunswick Student Association hosted a graduation celebration May 11 for both University of Maine System and Southern Maine Community College graduates who attended a number of their classes at the Midcoast Center for Higher Education in Bath.
The celebration, in the upstairs banquet hall at The Taste of Maine in Woolwich, was attended by 32 graduates, their families and friends, center faculty and staff.
Southern Maine Community College President Ronald Cantor spoke to the group. “He recalled his first visit to the Bath center before becoming
SMCC president, congratulated the graduates on balancing their complicated lives, and advised the graduates that he has a respect for all they did to accomplish their degrees,” a release about the ceremony states.
Adjunct professor Michael DeSisto, who teaches University of Maine at Augusta psychology and mental health and human services courses in Bath, congratulated the graduates on their upcoming graduation and noted, “It is indeed an honor and a privilege to be a part of your graduation celebration.”
He asked graduates to stand and address their family members, loved ones and friends. “Express your gratitude for the love and support that helped you be here today,” he told them.
DeSisto then asked family and friends to stand and “Address your graduate and express your gratitude to them for their success.”
He mentioned obstacles that the graduates had to overcome: “The lesson of life is to fall seven times, but to get up eight times. Overcoming obstacles brings confidence in our power to control our own lives.”
The graduates who attended the event include:
Southern Maine Community College
Jean Blake of Bath; John Briggs of Bath; Giana Buscanera of Wiscasset; Candice Carrier of East Boothbay; Nathan Elwell of Arrowsic; Sonya Elwell of Arrowsic; Susan Harper of Brunswick; Caryn Kear of New Harbor; Martina Krueger of Bath; Bobbi-Jo Larrabee of Edgecomb; David Massey of Bath; Jennifer Severance of Richmond; Mindy Smith of Bath; and Brittany Wallace of Jefferson.
University of Maine at Augusta
Linda Coit of Bath; Hannah Corkum of Bath; Sherie Daigle of Brunswick; Jade Drake of Woolwich; Michelle Harris of Bath; Susan Hemond of Bowdoinham; Timothy Jorgenson of Bath; Megan Kirk of Topsham; Monique Labbay of Bowdoin; Amy Malloy of Brunswick; Teresa McKearney of Brunswick; Amy Stoklas of Bath; Wilma Tatlock of Boothbay
Harbor; Linda Whitaker of Wiscasset; and Linda Williams of Bowdoinham.
University of Maine at Farmington
Sherry Brown-Spaulding of Bath; Kate Doudna-Brockett of Harpswell; and Rebecca Thompson of Bath.
Each graduate received a gift from the student association “as well as a hearty round of applause from all in attendance,” the release states.
Kristy Smith and Julie Carleton, the student association members who facilitated the program, each received a certificate “for their service to Bath students as well as bringing a sense of community to the center,” according to the release.
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