MANSFIELD − The 596 graduates of Milton’s Curry College who received diplomas this weekend were encouraged to embrace the uncomfortable, keep a positive attitude and make a difference in the world around them.
“No matter where you wind up living after graduation, there will be communities near you where life is not easy and comfortable,” said Chief Justice Roderick Ireland. “Where there are going to be challenges … and the harsh realities of those factors continue to adversely impact future generations. This is a reminder that while gains have been made, much remains to be done… Down the line, there will be an opportunity for each of you to do good and give a hand to those less fortunate than you.”
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Ireland, who served for served 37 years as judge and was the first African American to serve as an associate justice of the Supreme Judicial Court, emparted life lessons to graduates as the school’s commencement speaker. Curry College graduated students with bachelor’s and master’s degrees, as well as certificates of advanced study.
Class Orator Nicole Moreira of Rehoboth said that, at Curry, she “became the happiest version of myself” while also acknowledging that she and her fellow graduates, who began college in 2019, faced numerous obstacles.
“We have emerged as a group of fighters—people with strength, guts, and determination,” said Moreira, a nursing major. “If I could have only one word to describe our class, I would say we are resilient.”
Sierra Fiore of North Kingston, Rhode Island and Jake O’Brien of Quincy were the traditional undergraduate valedictorians. Alexis Pochay of Marshfield was named salutatorian of the class. Jocelyn Albertson of Duxbury and James LeBlanc of Dorchester were recognized as the continuing education student valedictorians and Michael Frontino of Weymouth was the continuing education student salutatorian.
Fiona Smith of Seymour, Conn. received the New Era Award.
The Class of 2023
Certificate of advanced study
Michelle Anzelmo, Mary Bashir, Erika Battaini, Erin Kelley, Katelyn Maloney, Jessica Ochocki, Louise Perryman
Master’s degree
Rachel Baltas, Vanessa Bellone, Sarah Bradley, Eric Brent, Vanessa Bussberg, Samuel Capodanno, Abigail Cleggett, Kayla Connors, Kevin Cook, Riley Cooney, Reid Cooper, Nicholas Corso, Brendan Coughlan, Shawn Cronin, Stephanie DelRosso, Marie Desmornes, Wendy Donnell, Shaun Doyle, Brian Fallon, Sarah Forte, La’Quentis Francis, La’Quentis Francis, Jennifer Germain, Matthew Gerrish, Amanda Glover, George Gonser III, Paula Gray, Lillian Gray, Deirdre Gunning, Jonathan Gurry, Molly Hennessey, Alex Hollenbeck, Denice Lewis, Matthew Mariani, Michael Mastronardi, Teresa McCormack, Kasey McCulloch, Megan McQuivey, Jillian McRoy, Vianny Melo, Zachary Mozzer, Justin Mullaney, William Murphy.
Richard Nickley, Samuel Nielsen, Tarek Paranica, Rupal Patel, Vilhelm Peltonen, Lexi Pereira, Lawrence Perera, Stephen Pettinelli, Robyn Pierce, Wadner Pierre, Jonathan Powell, Gwendolyn Ramos, Jasmine Reynolds, Juliet Riley, Mary Rockett, Erin Ryan, Alissa Sayers, Eetu Selanne, Danielle Shea, Iris Sierra, James Smith, Sofia Sowden, Kalle Sundell, Kelly Tavares, Bernardin Thomas, Jared Thorpe-Johnson, Rosina Toscano-McDonald, Jean Toussaint, Erin Turner, Veronique Vendette, Charles Waterman, Mark Wheeler, Richard Wilmot, Allen Yannone, Jennifer Zorn, Megan Wallace-Andrade.
Bachelor’s degree
Omar Aden, Delaney Agnes, Jocelyn Albertson, Chelsea Alexandre, Abigale Almonte, Asa Anderson-MacDonald, Kathryn Andon, Wender Andre, Faith Andrews, Ulda Angrand, Ifeyinwa Anidi, Sebastian Aparo, Ellen Apotheker, Soleil Archambeault, Jenna Aries, Michael August, Maegan Avery, Reginald Badeau, Brittany Bailey, Tristan Bard, Patrick Barnes, Danielle Barrasso, Andrew Barron, Felishia Barros-Peña, Roland Barthelemy, Mykal Bartlett, Mark Bartolomeo, Diachelle Beaubrun, Amelia Beauregard, Taylor Beckett, Brendan Bedell, Allissa Behrens, Maxx Bell, Nicholas Bell, Elizabeth Bench, Nikita Berger, Amanda Bernard, Emeline Berry, Olivia Berthiaume, Kaitlin Blackburn, Vijay Blair, Erica Blanch, Makayla Bolduc, Brooke Bonneau, Samantha Borges, Jessica Bottoms, Jacobi Bouchard, Ryan Brady, Sabrina Branco, Angela Breese, Mary Brennan, Mackenzie Brewster, Michael Broomstein, Abigail Browne Florentino, MacKenzie Burke, Sarah Busby, Emily Bussiere, Amber Buttaro, Bertina Byssainthe.
Mikayla Cabral, Jared Cahill, Nicholas Calvino, Jason Camara, Daydania Cameron, Alexandria Campbell, Deirdra Cantave, Kellsie Alger, Alvarina Cardoso, Tiffanie Carlson, Ana Carpenter, Benjamin Carr, Ariana Casanova, Daniel Casey, Walna Catule, Grant Catuna, Sue-Ellen Chahed, Jacob Champagne, Yveline Charles, Sadya Chase, Brittney Cherie, Jessica Chipelesa, Bianca Cipriano, Laeticia Clarke, Kathryn Cleary, Tahg Coakley, Julia Cohen, Dean Colarusso, Paula Collins, Katherine Collyer, Alison Comire, Cameron Connor, Madison Contrino, Devin Costello, Haley Covillion, Paige Crites, Erin Cullinane, Brendan Cyr, Liudmila Czarnecki, Isabella Dacosta, Sophie D’Attilio, Marissa Davis, Caitlin de Nagy, Cleunisse Debrito, Kevin Decker, Dominique Decola, Sean Delaney, Francis Delano III, Keyscha Delva, Brian DeMille, Delia Denelle, Alexis Desmond, Gabe Campos, Ariane Dias, Anja Dickmann, Patrick Dillon, Anthony Dimauro, Bernard Doherty, Niamh Doherty, Sabrina Dorion, Ella Dowd, Freddy Drewes, Haley Drezek, Connor Duggan, Kaili Dummott-Hill, Kathryn Dunn, Shannelle Dunn, Sheila Duplan, Arianna Dupont, Olivia Dwyer.
Taylor Egan, Abdelrahman Eltaib, Olanda Emile St. Cloud, Patrick Elvariste, Colin Enos, Faina Etienne, Rebecca Eugene, Cecylia Fabrizio, Sean Fahey, Robert Fanning Jr., Victoria Faria, Kerri Farragher, Tabatha Farrell, Nick Favaro, Sophia Favorito, Brianna Fazio, Adonis Fernandez, Julian Fernandez Suarez, Elisabeth Ferreira, Sierra Fiore, Brittany Fitzpatrick, Kaleigh Flaherty, Winda Flammia, Madeline Fletcher, Declan Foley, Ian Fordyce, Matthias Foulke-Hill, Francoise Francois, Jonathan Frank, Michael Frontino, Skylah Fuentes, Madison Fullam, Savannah Galluci, David Gardner, Aris Gault, Rachel Gedies, Robert Gentile, Kayla Georgeu, Jenny Giang, Gabrielle Giglio, Laura Gillespie, Abby Gilmartin, Erika Gjelsvik, Matthew Glaser, Rachel Glatt, Justyn Glennon, Christian Gomes, Itelvina Goncalves, Hailey Gonsalves, Joseph Gonzalez, Jessica Gooch, Michele Goodwin, Anna Gourgeot, Madison Grafton, Declan Grant, Melanie Grant, Shane Grant, Daniel Grattan, Taylor Green, Stephanie Green-Cooper, Jackson Greeno, Andrew Gregory, Devin Guaraldi, Kiara Guglietti, Camille Guilbault, Jean-Philippe Guillerault, Alexandra Guimaraes, Lauren Guzman.
Olivia Haney, Conor Hanlon, Dane Hanson, Conor Harrington, Wilemina Harrison, Sydney Hawes, Ellie Hayden, Kailey Hennessey, Yaméliz Hernández-Torres, Cameron Herndon, Kacie Higgins, Carolyn Hight, Joseph Hilf, Alexandra Hill, Lauren Hill, Bernard Hilton, Alexa Hinton, Samuel Hirschtick, Brittany Hogan, Alissa Holden, Sharai Holley-Darville, Cory Holmes, Faith Horrocks, Celia Howland, David Hume, Alicha Hut, Oliver Hutchinson, William Hynes, Judith Ikeh, Sophia Imbrescia, Charles Israel, Sarah Izidore, James Jackson, James Jacobs, Chris-Henberson Jean, Herold Jerome, Mackenzie Jimenez, Julia Johnson, Michelle Johnson, Stone Johnson, Curtis Jones Jr., Carl Joseph, John Joyce, Erin Juettner, Edward Kaes III, Stephanie Kalambokis, Olivia Kane, Chaya Kapilevich, Chenda Kaplan, Samantha Kase, Olivia Keenan, Vanessa Kehayias, Emma Kelly, Isabella Kenneally, Cameron Ketchopulos, Emma Keyes, Jennifer Khan, Jaylannie Kinsella, Joshua Kirchmyer, Matthew Klier, Danielle Kradin, Jennifer Krentzman, Theresa Krista, Olivia Kundy, Deanna Kysilovsky.
Christian Labossier, Christopher Lahiff, Joseph Lalli, Jacalyn LaLond, Nichole Lambert, Kyle Lamontagne, Jalyn Larivee, Marvel Larose, Holly Larson, Ashley Lavey, George Lazor, Cindy Le, James LeBlanc, Kevin Leger, Beth Leinberry, Sarah Leipman, Hannah Lennon, Erica Leonard, Lilia Leonard, Allison Lescadre, Timothy Levakis, Taylor Lombardi, Julia LoSchiavo, Jordan Lucas, Kiara Lugo Andujar, Matthew Lukaayi, Angelie Luxama, Adrianna Lynch, William Lynch, Tiana Macari, Michael MacBeth, Brie MacDonald, Lauren MacDonald, Delaney MacDougall, Katie MacKay, Karen MacLean, Colin Maddalena, Nick Magnemi, Melissa Magner, Alicia Mahoney, Emma Maloney, Jacquilyn Manning, Angelique Mannings, Christopher Manta, Jacob Margentino, Nicola Markette, Georgia Maroni, Cullen Marshall, Leanne Marshalsea, Kara Martignetti, Josie Martin, Gabriella Martinez, Kayla Maslowski, Robyn Matteus, Trisha Mayala, Brian McCarthy, Marissa McCarthy, Mary McCarthy, Molly McCarthy, Sarina McCoy, Kaleigh McEachern, Hannah McLaughlin, Dan McMenamin, Ani Mekenian, Samantha Mekjian, Ardani Mello-Daigneault, Joshua Mendes, Dayatona Metellus, Juleen Milord, Mathias Mitembo, Saradiya Modan, Michaela Monahan, Marissa Moore, Morgan Moquin, Kelsey Morales, Amanda Moran, Nicole Moreira, Griffin Morse, David Mouangvienkham, Carlee Mulherin, Melanie Munroe, John Murphy, Luke Murray, Margaret Murray, Eliza Myers.
Nick Najac, Joseph Narduzzo, Kat Neal, Emily Negron, Ashley Newcomb, Joseph Nganga, Margaret Ngwaro, Lyndsey Nicholls, Bruce Nobles, Sean Noonan, William Noyes, Mira Nunes, Ny’allen Nunes, Moses Obasekola, Jaymison Obert, Bibiana Obi, Emily O’Brien, Frank O’Brien, Jake O’Brien, Kathiana Occean, Abumchukwu Onujiogu, Caitlin O’Reilly, Morgan Orr, Ben Ortiz, Abbigale Ovaska, Aaron Pacheco, Grant Palmer, Patrick Parsons, Conor Patro, Diane Pecora, Kevin Peete Jr., Sydney Pendenza, Nick Perfetuo, Lee Petrini, Joseph Piana, Dumecia Pickett, Gianni Pisano, Olivia Pitts, Zachary Pizzano, Alexis Pochay, Bridget Poirier, Kamiliah Pompey-Williamson, Katelyn Pond, Koby Porawski, Brandon Prentiss, Brandon Prescod, Alexandria Preston, Christopher Pulcini, Kendall Railing, Frankie Ramirez, Kayley Ramos, Joseph Raneri, Brianna Raposo, Margaret Raymond, Joseph Rebello, Meghan Rebello, McKenna Reid, Brooke Reissfelder, Elizabeth Reitsma, Kristyanna Remillard, Sean Reynolds, Taylor Rice, Devon Richards, Meredith Richter, Caleigh Riewe, Jacquelyn Ritz, Madson Rodrigues, Alyssa Rodriguez, Phillippa Rodriguez, Kayla Romig, Kyle Rowell, Nathan Roy, Madelyn Ruskin, Kaitlyn Russo, Jillian Ruyffelaert, Matthew Ryan.
Lesley Salguero, Zach Sanderson, Pedro Santos, Mia Sapienza, Valerie Sarakiniotis, Angelo Sardegna, Richard Savage Jr., Luke Savino, Logan Scarlotta, Blake Schader, Andrew Schenck, George Schoenstein, Madison Schriber, Madison Schwartz, Nazli Seydaoglu, Brenda Shatee, Ryleigh Shortell, Colton Shusterman, Emma Sibley, Nikki Silva-Schneider, Gregory Silvia, Jenny Small, Miranda Smelcer, Nicole Smigliani, Conor Smith, Fiona Smith, Kaitlynn Smith, Katie Smith, Kirsten Smith, Robert Smith III, Coleman Smolinsky, Kaeli Smolko, Jalissa Soto, Anthony Spinetta, Dejah Stallings, Helena Stamatakis, Elizabeth Stanton, Kassie Startz, Andrew Stetson, Jacob Stiner, Derick Stone, Joe Stronach, Tyshon Stuckey, Joshua Sughrue, Michaela Sullivan, Olivia Suurhans, Georgia Szostkiewicz.
Jessica Tambascio, Robert Tartaglia, Kendra Tercy, Latiesha Terry, Delaney Thomas, Christopher Tieman, Cassandra Tobler, Keith Tolland, Andrew Tomney, Kelly Torres, Olivia Tracey, Kelly Tran, Kenny Tran, Kyle Tremblay, Anna Tsareva, Marcus Tucker, Bella Turner-Burrell, Lily Turner-Burrell, Ebony Valembrun, Lindsay Veilleux, Scott Vierra Jr., Alex Vitzthum, Samantha Wahlberg, Lauren Waingortin, Candace Wallace, Terrence Ward, Tempestt Washington, Britney Wei, Zachary Weinstein, Austin Whelan, JohnScott Whittier, Sophia Wiernusz, Alyssa Wilson, Ryan Wilson, David Winick, Tessa Wixon, Adriana Worth, Toni Yalch, Mark Zhukov, Luc Zikianda,