commencement - Merrimack College

THURSDAY, MAY 13

2021

71ST

commencementClass of 2021 Graduates

Merrimack College • 71st Commencement • Thursday, May 13, 2021

academic procession

chief marshal and mace bearerSusan Marine, Ph.D.

President of the Faculty Senate and Chief Marshal, Associate Professor, Higher Education

cross bearerAllison Gill

Associate Vice President of Student Affairs, Dean of Students

the graduatesLed by Rev. Raymond Dlugos, O.S.A., Ph.D.

Vice President for Mission and Ministry

master’s students

the faculty

the distinguished assemblyPresident

Provost and Vice President of Academic AffairsVice Provosts and Associate Provost

The Board of TrusteesThe Honorary Degree Recipients

Academic Deans

The audience is requested to stand during the Academic Procession, Invocation and National Anthem, and to remain in place until the

Academic Procession leaves at the end of the exercises.


program

presidingChristopher E. Hopey, Ph.D., President

processionalPomp and Circumstance (Elgar), Merrimack College Concert Band

opening of the exercisesSusan Marine, Ph.D., President of the Faculty Senate and Chief Marshal, Associate Professor, Higher Education

invocationRev. Raymond Dlugos, O.S.A., Ph.D.,Vice President for Mission and Ministry

national anthemJacqueline LaRivee ’21

welcomeChristopher E. Hopey, Ph.D., President

commencement address student speaker Vincent Skelton ’20, M’21

homily Rev. Raymond Dlugos, O.S.A., Ph.D., Vice President for Mission and Ministry

honorary degrees

Doctor of Public Health Alfred J. Aricidi

Doctor of Public Service Groundwork Lawrence Accepted by: Heather McMann

degrees in course

Presentation for Degrees John “Sean” Condon, Ph.D., Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs

Conferral of Degrees Christopher E. Hopey, Ph.D., President

Master’s Names Read By Isabelle Cherney, Ph.D., Vice Provost, Graduate Education

Amy Shirley, M.S., Assistant Dean

closing remarks Christopher E. Hopey, Ph.D., President

merrimack college anthem Laura Moore Pruett, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Music

benediction Rev. Raymond Dlugos, O.S.A., Ph.D., Vice President for Mission and Ministry

closing of the exercises Susan Marine, Ph.D., President of the Faculty Sen-ate and Chief Marshal, Associate Professor, Higher Education

recessional Trumpet Tune (Purcell), Merrimack College Concert Band


master’s degrees in course

winston school of education and social policy

Kara AbateDanitza AcevedoAmanda AlcoxAlexandra AleksaTeresa AloiNicole AmalfitanoMadeline AmmonEliza AndrewsBenares AngeleyAllison AnthonyCameron ApplegateEmily ArchibaldCeleste ArroyoJessica ArsenaultKristen AsciTaylor AulsonOlivia BachryElizabeth BaraldiEmma BarresiRyleigh BarrucciTaylor BarryBrendan BarryMegan BartlemanDelaney BartolKayla BarysColin BatchelderAbby BauernfeindSummer BealsBrandon BeaudryEmily BeaulieuLauren BecotteTiffany Begin-StearnsGabriella BelangerKylie BellSamantha BellisleJohanna BeltreErin BenefitMeaghan BertiniJustin BettencourtKathryn BlairElena BlatusAlyssa BonoSamuel BosworthAngelique Bouthot

Sarah BoutotteMackenzie BowenGlynis Boyd HughesAnna BoyleMegan BramantiMarie BrenkerDaje BrinsonAllison BrooksKristen BuccelliStephanie BuchholzElise BuckleyAlexandra BuonfiglioEmily BurkeKelly BurkePaige BurnettKathleen BurnsSadie ButlerKelly ByrneOlivia CabreraMark CafarelliKellie CaffreyErin CallagyMadison CammarataNicole CampbellAbigail CampbellKyla CampbellPaige CampbellLauren CapassoMaria CaprignoAndrew CardEileen CardosoFrancisca CaroccaGabrielle CarpenterGabrielle CarpinellaRalph CarrieriOscar CarrilloJasmine CarruthIsabelle CarterLesley CarvalhoAlyssa CaseyGillian CastellanosDanielle CavallaroBrian CawleyAustin Cederquist

Daniel CerulloAmanda ChamberlainKaitlyn ChaoCaitlin CharetteTehillah ChitamJeong Woo ChoeShelbi ChoquetteAlyssa CicconiRachel CiruoloHeather ClarkMadeleine ClarkCorinne CliffordEmily CluckBrianna CochranKalyn CochranLauren CohenKyle CollinsErin ComeauTyler ComitoZach ConklinPatrick ConnollyNicholas ContiAshley ConwayKatherine CooneyPatricia CooneyJillian CooperMadison CornellVictoria Lynn CorrKasandra CorrealeShaun CorumElizabeth CoteEben CottrelleOlivia CouturierSarah CranneyCatherine CreaneNell CriscioneKelsey CrowleyJulia CrugnaleJuliana CruzDayanara CruzMelissa CurranChristina CusatoRyan CutilloAleksandra Cutroni


Shelby CutterAlly DaCosta Aaron DameKamila DealeyNorma DeFilippoBrooke DelahuntyRachel DeloiaCorinne DeSimoneGeorge DeVitaShyann DigiovanniEmily DiMatteoThomas DiPasqualeArianna DiPietroYamah DoloJennie DonahueBradley DonovanOlivia DoulamesLily DowHannah DraperMaeve DubielJenna DurkinMelanie DwyerMarissa EastwoodAshley EisnorBianca EnosTaylor EriksenMadison EstesVictoria EvansKaitlin FairesHannah FalewiczMary FaradayKevin FarraharDiana FarrellKathleen FarrellMichael FaziJulia FerranteJoseph FerrariniAlyssa FigueiredoKellie FioreKatelyn FisherHope FitchBrendan FitzgeraldHaley FitzgeraldMeredith Fitzsimmons

Joseph FlemingNicole FletcherDanielle FlorenceVanessa Florentino-SolanoPatricia FolinoJessica FonsecaMichelle FoxStephanie FrazierGabrielle FrederickJohn FroioShayleigh FureyTara GaideRachel GaldaAllison GallagherMorganne GallagherRandi GalleraniQuira GangiTommi GansJulia GarbecRoxanne GarciaKara GardinerErika GareriDiana GargasLeighanne GarlickLindsay GarroneVictoria GarvinAmanda GaudreauJessica GauthierMelissa GavinCaileigh GeaghanJenna GelzinisNicholas GentileMichael GermanoLian GershAnna GilboardRachel GillespieMichelle GiordanoSamantha GirroirMary GlavinKaitlin GoldbergJose Gonzalez IbarraCameron GoodmanDominique GoodmanEmma Gosselin

Isabel GramoliniDavid GrandmaisonCassandra GrassoMichelle GrassoKaleyza GravesSophia GraysonMichael GrecoDaniela GreeneLauren GrenierJenna GrossmanSoumia GuemiRachel GullottoMegan HaggertyCandice Hahn ClarkMeghan HaleKristen HaleyMichelle HallaranKatie HamiltonAndrew HammLucas HammelMichelle HandSarah HanleyKathy HanlonJessie HarveyConnor HaydenMaura HayesSharon HealeyNicole HealyKim HeghinianBryce HendersonErin HenrickKelliann HenryBrenna HernandezMarissa HerreraMcKayla HersomCaileigh HickoxMeghan HillMackenzie HineSophie HoagCourtney HoltHelen HolwayBrenna HuetherRobin HuibregtseAbigail Huntress


Katie IlkovichSarah IngersollRachel InnamoratiNicole JohansonAlexis JohnsonMackenzie JohnsonTia JohnsonMatthew JohnsonAlli JoubertAdam JoyMaria KaestnerAlexandra KalogerisTabitha KamauDiana KatsikarisKim KatzBridget KeefeThomas KelleherElizabeth KelleyLauren KellySarah KellyKaitlyn KellyEmma KimmellCaroline KingKimberly KristofShilpa KulkarniRebecca LaliberteGrace LaMuragliaTaylor LandersKayli LanzilliGianna LarsonOrelie LassegueShanna LathropAlexis LaTourMadison LawlerAmanda LawlorTiana LawrenceMichelle LeBlancBrandi LeBlancKatelyn LeboeufKelsey LennonJenissa LequinBridget LeverMadeline LevesqueStephen LevesqueJillian LightbodyCaitlin LimoliElena LizotteRobert Lombardi

Dary LongEdvaldo Do Rosario Lopes FerreiraMelissa LopezDaryl LoreusSarah LoughlinDanielle LovecchioAmanda LurveyKate MacAuleyMikaela MacomberErica MagrathCorinne MahoneyAmanda MainvilleVincent MaloneHeather MaloneJustin MaloneyAlana MaragliaLauren MarianoEmilee MarkhamEfthemia MarkopoulosAmanda MarounJaminnette MarquezJennifer MartinWaleska MartinezDanielle MasseDerek MatthewsKathleen McAleeseAlexandra McArthurElizabeth McAvoyCole McBrideMeghan McCarthyEmilia McCoolPatrick McCormickBrooke McCreedyCaroline McDonaghKailey McElhineyEmily McGovernMeaghan McKennaKurtis McLarneyShari McLeodMarisa McMathTina McNeilMegan McNeillKaleigh McNicholasJulia McNiffMaryAnne McNultyNicholas MedeirosVictoria Melo Marcoux

Andrew MenardNorimar Mercado-MachadoChristina MessoreElizabeth MetzemaekersMichael MiduraJessica MillerPhilip MillerAmanda MivilleTevin MonroeNicole MooreTaylor MorashHannah MoriartyHaley MoriconiEmily MorrillMacy MorrisonJillian MoulaisonRebecca MunroAlexandra MurphyAllison MurphyChristiana MurrayCaitlin MurrayJulia NadeauEman NajjarNaomi NakamuraPatricia NameyBrittani NapoliTaejasvi NarayanZacil NashChristopher NastaSarah NeeleyAlexandra NestorCatherine NevilleChelsea NewcombStephanie NicholsOlivia NicholsonGlenda NievesOlivia NoonanIsabella NooneSarah NooneSabrina NouryKaela NoyesMeghan O’BrienAllison O’BrienGabrielle O’BrienSarah O’ConnellKristen O’ConnorAnne O’ConnorCaroline O’Leary


Amanda OlsavskyAnna OlsonCasey OndrusAllison O’NeilThomas O’NeilTylan OnoratoKelley O’RaweKate OrbonGiulia OrlandoGisell OrtegaMatthew O’SullivanCourtney OteroKali OtisKatie OttMargaux PaceAshley PageSophia PalmacciJessica PalmerJacob PalmerCaitlyn PaltsiosEileen PaquetteAbbey PardoenAndrea Paredes SantacruzMarcus ParkerCarolyn ParksEleanora ParravanoBianca PassacantilliKristal PastoreKeri PattersonCassandra PeltolaDylan PerryHelena PetersMark PetrozzinoAlexandra PezzellaNatalie PhelanAmber PhiferKendall PieriSamantha PitziSamantha PlumleyKayleigh PlunkettSarah PoirierAlexa PoppRyan PotterJenna PoulinTara PriceMorgan PrittieMarissa PuccioAustin Pyne

Mia QuiriniBrianna RagoJillian RasoVionnys RecioShealyn RedmondMacKenzie ReidChristopher ReuschAlexandra ReynoldsMeaghan RickardKatherine RiffleLucy RingJoshua RizzoMichaela RodenhiserMadison RodgersGabriela RodriguezAlexis RodriguezKathleen RomanoOlivia RosaAnna RossiDina RoumeliotisBrianna RyanDaniel SabaNatalie San MartinSalina SantoneBonnie SantosTaylor SantryCameron SavoieAlexa SavvasCaroline ScannellStephenie SchaubergerKayla SchneiderJustin SchneiderVictoria SchultesErika ScottBridget SearsAmanda SemlerNatalie SeniorElizabeth ShafnerColleen SheaNicole ShepardCorey ShepherdCarli ShermanBrenna ShieldsLiz ShimoniHolly SiegelChristopher SilvestroMichele SimesJackeline Similia

Sarah SimmonsAlani SimmonsDeirdre SimmsAnina SinclairJulia SkoolicasLori SmerdonWillie SmithJenna SmolagLee Anne SnedekerDarla SnyderTanya SoperChelsey SorotaElisabeth SorrowsKatherine SorrowsDebora SousaSarah SousaAshley Souza-SimasDelaney SpencerChristine SpinaleHannah SpringerJadaiya StanleyJessica StantonLindsay SterankoJillian StewartSamantha StilianAlexandra StrazdasAlexander StrempelSamantha StuartBrooke SturtevantAimee SullivanMolly SullivanKatherine SullivanMary SweeneyJessica SylviaScott SymondsKirk TaverasMeaghan TeehanColleen TenneyKathryn TerranovaPaige TevesIsabella ThibodeauMelissa ThomasBrianna ThompsonCaitlin ThunbergLindsey ThunbergBrendel TineKaleigh TomaszewskiMegan Tomlin


Alyssa TorresTianisha TorresAbby TorriceAllan TravaglioneCassidy TyrosPaul ValleyAlexa van der BurgTaylor VanariaAriana VasquezSydney VaughnAshley VelozAmiee VendittiVivian VillamanNicole ViselliMichelle VlamisRachael Vokey

Martha VosnakMadeline WadleyTabatha WalkerMarisa WallDenae WalukevichEli WardMelanie WardCraig WeatherbeeLindsay WeatherbeeDana WeaverBrian WeinerBenjamin WhiteElizabeth WhiteSarah WhittierEliza WildesKelley Williams

Christopher WilloxOlivia WiseMelissa WittMichaela WoelfelEmily WoodRachel WooleyAlexandra WuerflLaura YepesPatti-Ann YoungNana YoungeTheresa YurewiczJoseph ZannoniElicia ZecchiniJessica ZeygerDanni ZhuJessica Zins

girard school of business

Olan AbnerDaniel AmidonBrianna AndersonAshley ArchangeloElizabeth BablerAlexander BairesJahicol BaraltSamantha BatesErin BatherwichManuela BatistaAlexandra BaxterAlexander BazzellAnthony BechwatiRochelle BeckfordNicholas BeltzKaren BishopChristine BixbyLeah BoninBrian BoultenhouseBenjamin BreaultMatthew BrooksAllison BrownCleyon BrownPaul BuckleyTaylor BudneyDaniel BurkeEmma CagneyCara CahillAllison Caligiuri

Alexander CaouetteJoseph CaporaleCourtney CardelloElizabet CeballosBryanna CimettiJohn CipolloJasseley ClarkeJamie ClintonTammy CollinsNaffie CollinsSamuel CooperKaitlyn CroninJustin CushingWilliam DeHavenBrett DeLucaAlison DiBiaseAnthony DiBiasioDominic DockeryAlexander DoucetteMegan DrewAmy EfstratiosMaureen EzzoMichael FangJanelle FavuzzaCristina FernandezManuel FernandezStephen FleuryClaire FoleyMarissa Foti

Michael FoxxSteven FranciscoAndrea FrassineDamion FreemanCharles GabrielJasmine GarciaKelley GarlandHalle GecawichRonald GeffrardRachel GladstoneJason GolubStephanie GoodmanJohn GordonJovan GrantPaula GreenMichael GreenMark HaczynskiKerri HansonErica HathawayTasha HaydenTrinh HoSydnie HollinsEmily HouleShih-Feng HsuMohammad Nabeel Elsayed IbrahimConnor JenningsMegan JewellThomas Joyce


Christopher KalilRachel KerseyAshleigh KileyKevinson KimPenny KingKaren KorpinenWilliam KoskyChristinia KozlowskiGretchen KrallPatrick KramerElias LagesseElisabeth LaneJohn LaPianaJoseph LaPianaAmanda LaurinElizabeth LevangieAlyssa LevesqueSteven LiakosDenzel LivingstonChristian MacKenzieAlexander MacLellanJulia MaggiacomoBharathi MalachiraDaniel MaloneyMandi MaloneyTiffany MangiameliRoberta Marcos DominguezKelly MarieLori MartinJacqueline MasonGabriella MassaSusan MatherAllison May

Rachel McAfeeBridgete McAuleyJoseph McCormackGregory McDonnellElizabeth McGraveyMaira MontesWillie MoralesLamech MumaShannon MurphyChristopher NagleFrank NapoliAlip NathRyan NestaErica NicholasNolan O’HaraGeena O’MahonyChidiebere OnwuchekwaConrrad OrtegaSandra Parra CastroBradley PerronPaul PittoreSarah PolzelloTyler PoppMarie PszennyMatthew PurvisLaura QuadrosMolly QuinnAmanda RaccaAlexis RancourtMark RanieriVidhyusha RavulapatiNicole RegoJohn RiellyDario Riparo

Emily RobinsonPatricia RoyJoseph RugolskyJonathan SadlowskiChanel SantosMichael SantosAra SarajianBriana SchumacherAnjeza ShehajMichael SheridanBryan ShieldsNicholas ShumskiRoseann SperdutoNuman SulemanBrandon SullivanDestynee TeixeiraElilia TeixeiraLeah TerzianMarc TessierChristopher ThukuKristin TraversPatrick TrenholmRegina TsimermanTracy UlloaPaige VoightNguyen VuCory WasylowJonathan WeissCameron WilsonSanjay YeleswaramMirang YoonLina Zaid


school of science and engineering

Ayman Alanazi Heather AndrewsNicholas BeamJoseph BorgattiChad BronsonAmy ByrnesRyan ChaseKevin ChonkoQuang ChuAaron CochranKaren ConnollyChristopher CormioRoberto da SilvaJames DaleDitmar DiciLorie DorceDan DuganKyle DurandRyan DuyonKimberly FafardJohnathan FloresEmilia GenitoPaul Giacoia

Amol GoteNancy IppolitoRaelle HalliburtonGabriel HigueraRamchander JayaramanJustine JesseRathinavelu KandasamyNick KovalchikScott LeechMelissa LemmerhirtChristopher LeopoldMelissa Lovato BisgroveMatthew LynnGabriella MackKatharine McDonoughPatrick McKeownMaria MonahanJennifer MooreCullen NauckAsjah NeroKhanh NguyenMichael OgbatensaeAshley Osorio

Slimane OufiNidhi PandyaGleiciane Pereira CardosoChristopher PereyraJaime PionTaryn PopplewellJoseph PorricelliDiwakar PurighallaJalisa RichardsonCristiano RoveroElaini SahtourisCasey SaitowAysi SampaioKolbi ShairsCarlos Jorge Silva SpinolaFelipe SinohuiWilliam SkeltonBrian StanfordPriscilla SteinhauerShannon SweeneySara WallentineWilliam WaterstreetWilliam Weston

school of liberal arts

Anne AbreuMiranda BelangerCourtney BernardAriana BuenoAlyssa CallenChaithowai ChowdhuryJanet ClarkeLyndsay CoombsAllen DavisPriyanka DebJohn DelaneyDominique DelBeneMegan DunnSara ElkermPaula FlynnKathryn ForinaKristy Forrest

Katie GabrielloTaylor GalushaNubia GastonJoshua GouletJames HowieJames HowlettCarolyn HughesAllison JenkinsJeannine KaatzKate KneelandMargaret LaroucheAnnie McDonnellErin McNemarTara MorongPatricia OduahMadelyn PadellaroDemitria Perrin

Jennifer PieroniAlison PrescottCorey ResendesJennifer RevillAmanda RitsonNicholas RocheJoseph RuggieroAnnie SearsRiley SorensonJames StanfordMark StankoKer Shin TanSam TankelLisbeth Valdez MaldonadoShelby WaldronMaria Antony Heniston Washington


Kristina Albano-AmabileShannon AndersonBrian ArmstrongReynaldi AudateGabrielle BeijerChristopher BellSusan BerubeGregory BradshawKelcey Brodeur-BowlanWinona Bruce-BaidenBrandon BurdgeErin BurkeLauren ButtiglieriCourtney CapobiancoCiarra CarlsonKeri CarmackKayla CarterChristopher CervantesSkolle CharlesElvin CheungAlexis ChiltonMeghan ClaflinNoah CollierChelsea ComfortJeremy ConnMegan CookAmanda CramptonMichael CuestaBrendan CzarneckiGabriella da SilvaAmanda D’AlessandroNoah DavisRajan DewarAlissa DiGuglielmoRebecca DonahueMichael DonnellanSteven DowlingSusan DuffJordan DufresneSean DunnHanna DurandDanielle EvansCaitlin FarrellLillian FerrenPeter FerrettiZoe FrangulesAmber GibbonsDalene GomesEva Gourdeau

Alexander GoveAndrew GranataAlexa HamblyTaylor HanesKayla HaywardJill HegartyAndrea HeinzeJack HertzLaura HetheringtonLetti HibbardMadison HickingbothamTaylor HoaglandJennifer HofmannLucas HoldenEleanor HudsonRobert HulseShannon IrwinMichaela KaneGabrielle KazziAlyssa KellermanAlison KluteKevin LewandowskiRebecca LiberatoreCourtney LibertyMelissa LubasMervin LumbaSamuel MacNicollMichael MagnerKaitlyn MaguireCheryl Marie MargueriteZachariah MarhamoAndrew MarkhamLiza MarszalekKelsey MassoBrandon MatthewsSamantha McDermott- FerreyraClaire McDonaldPaige McEachernJohn MorrisCatharine MossAnthony MuccioliCatherine MulliganJames MurphyMichael NeffKen NguyenEva O’BrienJoseph O’ConnorMarissa Ogar

Ryan OlsonBrianna OrchardKileigh PatrickWilliam PekarskiChristina PelletierAlessia PesaturoSarah PlourdeElizabeth RamirezElizabeth RangerSkye RiddleMary RocheEmily RoumpapasConnor RouseMadeline RoweRichard RowsellZachary RoyerJustin RuffCharles RuffinMegan SaffieSamuel SahlJose Sanchez GilJohn SantoroAlaina ScifoJessika SickeyThomas SmalleyBrian SmithRetta SmithChristopher SousaAnfernee StageThomas StankiewiczKatharine StasalovichJeffrey SternDylan StevensMarianina StewartRachael TownsendSeth TraversDillon TreleganAriel VaillancourtBrittany Anne Vander GroefKendal VaughanGabrielle VieiraSamantha VitaleLindsay WeirEmily WilliamsMadeline Zimmermann

school of health sciences


double warriors

Celeste ArroyoRyleigh BarrucciNicholas BeamEmily BeaulieuAnthony BechwatiGabrielle BeijerMiranda BelangerGabriella BelangerKylie BellJustin BettencourtGregory BradshawAlyssa BonoTaylor BudneyEmily BurkeEmma CagneyAbigail CampbellCourtney CapobiancoCiarra CarlsonIsabelle CarterLesley CarvalhoGillian CastellanosChristopher CervantesElvin CheungBryanna CimettiFabrice ContentBrendan CzarneckiAlly DaCostaNoah DavisAlison DiBiaseAnthony DiBiasioDominic DockeryRebecca DonahueLorie DorceMegan DrewMaeve DubielMarissa EastwoodKatherine EllardVictoria EvansHannah FalewiczCaitlin FarrellKatelyn FisherHope FitchStephen Fleury

Claire FoleyJessica FonsecaSteven FranciscoAndrea FrassineTaylor GalushaAmber GibbonsAnna GilboardRachel GladstoneDalene GomesMichael GrecoMegan HaggertyTaylor HanesMackenzie HineTrinh HoTaylor HoaglandLucas HoldenSydnie HollinsEmily HouleRobert HulseRachel InnamoratiThomas JoyceGabrielle KazziSarah KellyNick KovalchikGretchen KrallPatrick KramerJoseph LaPianaJohn LaPianaTiana LawrenceDaryl LoreusKate MacAuleyGabriella MackChristian MacKenzieKaitlyn MaguireTiffany MangiameliAmanda MarounDanielle MasseElizabeth McAvoyConnor McDonoughPatrick McKeownKurtis McLarneyNicholas MedeirosChristina Messore

Shannon MoranJohn MorrisMichael NeffRyan NestaIsabella Noone Allison O’Brien Marissa OgarKelley O’RaweGiulia OrlandoConrrad OrtegaJessica PalmerChristopher PereyraAlessia PesaturoJoseph PorricelliElizabeth RangerBrianna RagoNicole RegoDario RiparoJoshua RizzoEmily RobinsonGabriela RodriguezZinha Rosa-AndradeCristiano RoveroCasey SaitowKolbi ShairsBrenna ShieldsNicholas ShumskiHolly Siegel William SkeltonRoseann SperdutoThomas StankiewiczRebecca StevensMolly SullivanAlyssa TorresAbby TorriceDillon TreleganAriel VaillancourtGabrielle VieiraSamantha VitaleElizabeth WhiteSarah WhittierChristopher WilloxJessica Zins

Class of 2020 and Class of 2021


honorary degree recipients

Alfred J. Arcidi, currently the Chairman of the Board of Merrimack College, is Senior Vice President of Whittier Health Network, a multifaceted conglomerate that is composed of five resourcefully integrated divisions: Rehabilitation Hospitals; Nursing Homes; Assisted Living; Outpatient Services; Home Health. The company was founded in 1982 by Dr. Alfred L. Arcidi ’53, H’12, P’81, ’84, ’85, GP’06, ’15, M’17, ’18 and his sons. The family-owned healthcare organization provides the highest caliber of comprehensive healthcare services to thousands of patients on a daily basis while meeting their individual needs with dignity, respect, and compassion. Whittier provides a seamless continuum of care at every level and in every setting of postacute care.

The mission of Whittier Health Network is to provide high quality, comprehensive medical care to all of its residents in a warm, compassionate, caring “family” setting. At Whittier, the goal is to make sure patients have the freedom to make the choices that are important to them and their families. Alfred received his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Merrimack College in 1984. He resides in Rye Beach, New Hampshire with his wife, Mary Louise Arcidi P’06, M’17, ’18, GP’24. Alfred and Mary Louise have four children, including Alfred L. Arcidi ’06, Michael Arcidi M’17, and Andrew J. Arcidi ’18.

Groundwork Lawrence, Inc. (GWL): The mission of Groundwork Lawrence is to bring about the sustained regeneration, improvement, and management of the physical environment by developing community-based partnerships which empower people, businesses, and organizations to promote environmental, economic, and social well-being. Groundwork Lawrence, Inc. (GWL), a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, has been making change happen in Massachusetts since 1999.

Through its environmental and open space improvements, fresh food access programs, youth and adult education and employment initiatives, and community programming and events, GWL creates the building blocks of a healthy community, and empowers residents to improve their quality of life. GWL achieves results by engaging the whole community—residents, youth, nonprofits, city government and businesses—in the planning and realization of its projects. With this collaborative approach, GWL ensures that all stakeholders are mutually invested in its outcomes, the key to healthy, stable neighborhoods and sustainable change. GWL’s mission and operations are premised on the understanding that environmental conditions are inextricably linked to the economic conditions and health of a neighborhood.

As a consequence, GWL is committed to “changing places, changing lives, and changing systems” through on-the-ground projects that help to transform local communities. To accomplish this, GWL leads and supports a variety of partnership-driven efforts that bring together the public, private and nonprofit sectors to solve complex environmental and health problems and sustain a long-term vision for neighborhood change and renewal.


diploma translation

The translation of the Merrimack College diploma from Latin to English is as follows: Merrimack College

To all reading this document

Greetings in the Lord

The President, Faculty and Trustees of Merrimack College

by virtue of properly completing required studies on the recommendation of the faculty

and by the authority vested in us

by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts confer on

name of student

the degree of

name of degree

and grant freely all rights, privileges and honors pertaining to that degree.

In witness thereof we place the seal of the College.

Given in North Andover in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

date of degree

board of trustees

Alfred J. Arcidi ’84, P’06, M’17, ’18, Chairman

Christopher E. Hopey, Ph.D., President

John (Jack) T. Boyce ’81, Vice Chair

Mary Gorham Franco ’81, P’12, Vice Chair

Kevin J. Lucey ’89, Treasurer

Nicholas McDonald, Esq., Secretary

Philip M. Arcidi ’81, P’15

Joanne Caruso Bentley ’81

Bruce A. Bouchard ’79

Karen Cambray ’88

Peter J. Caulo ’83

Alvin M. Chapital, III, ’86

Rev. David A. Cregan O.S.A., Ph.D.

Very Rev. Michael F. DiGregorio, O.S.A.

Stacey A. Dion ’98

Rev. Peter M. Donohue, O.S.A., Ph.D.

Rev. Francis J. Horn, O.S.A., J.C.D.

Dennis J. Leonard ’77

Rev. Gary N. McCloskey, O.S.A., Ph.D.

Marybeth McInnis H’17

Paul L. Mucci P’07

Hosffman Ospino, Ph.D.

John (Jack) K. Pasini ’73

Rev. Arthur P. Purcaro, O.S.A.

Kevin R. Rhodes ’91

Kevin J. Routhier ’99

James E. Scammon ’83

Lee D. Slattery ’81

Patrick J. Sullivan

Marques D. Torbert


about merrimack college

One of only two Catholic Augustinian colleges in the U.S., Merrimack College is a coeducational institution with approximately 5,500 undergraduate, continuing education and graduate students from 34 states and 36 countries, comprising schools of liberal arts, science and engineering, health sciences, education and social policy, and business.

The College’s 220-acre campus is approximately 25 miles north of Boston in North Andover and Andover, Mass. Merrimack is a Master’s Colleges & Universities/Medium Programs institution in the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education.

mission and vision OUR MISSION IS TO ENLIGHTEN MINDS, ENGAGE HEARTS, AND EMPOWER LIVES.

Inspired by the Catholic faith and the Augustinian tradition of seeking truth through inquiry and dialogue, our vision is to:

• Prepare students to adapt creatively to tomorrow’s realities through excellence in the liberal arts, sciences, and the professions;

• Build a community of scholars welcoming and respecting a diversity of backgrounds, experiences, beliefs, and perspectives;

• Cultivate the intellectual, moral, spiritual, physical, and personal awareness needed to make wise choices for life, career, and service;

• Encourage and support scholarly work that contributes to the wisdom on which society bases its decisions;

• Engage other educational institutions, industries, and agencies of social change in collaborative efforts fostering a just, peaceful, and sustainable world.


the seal of merrimack college

Drawing on our rich history, the modern shield of Merrimack College reinterprets elements from the original 1947 college seal.

The shield includes four quadrants:

• The book with the words “Tolle Lege” (“take up and read”), the famous words connected with the conversion of Saint Augustine to Catholicism, proclaiming the College’s founding by the Order of Saint Augustine.

• Wavy pallets, to represent the “swift water” of the Merrimack Valley’s original Native Americans.

• The cross fleurette, from the coat of arms of the Archdiocese of Boston, in which Merrimack College is located. The cross fleurette refers to the French ancestry of Bishop Cheverus, the first Bishop of Boston (1810–1823).

• The symbolism of our colors: blue for loyalty (and the cold, rippling waters of the Merrimack River) and gold for wisdom (also the color of the papacy).


the ceremonial mace

The mace carried in academic processions derives from medieval times in England when an official was taking office. At that time, the mace was a formidable weapon and was held ready by the mace bearer to protect the dignitary. From the sixteenth century in England and since colonial days in the United States, the mace has become a symbol of academic office and is carried by a distinguished member of the faculty.

The Merrimack College mace has a young history. It was fashioned for the 1986 Commencement by Cistercian Monks of the Holy Rood Guild at Saint Joseph’s Abbey in Spencer, Massachusetts. The monks are renowned craftsmen and designers of ecclesiastical vesture.

The Merrimack College mace is thirty-six inches long and is made of black walnut. The front of the mace carries the College’s hand-painted, gold-leafed seal. From the intricate coat of arms of the Order of Saint Augustine, the back of the mace is hand carved with an open book symbolizing the conversion of Augustine. On the left hand side of the book is a tongue of flame above a heart pierced with “the burning love of God.” An elegantly simple cross adorns the top of the mace.

Since 1986, the Merrimack College mace has been carried by the Chief Marshal at Commencement.

the ceremonial cross

The processional cross is expressive of the Augustinian longing for unity of our minds and hearts in God. It was designed by the Augustinian Contemplative Nuns at the Monastery of Our Holy Savior in Leccetto, Tuscany, Italy. Small replicas of this cross are given to Merrimack students engaged in service to others through Service Learning and the Alternative Break Programs as well as to those who participate in MORE, the Pellegrinaggio en Italia, and other programs that foster self-awareness and spiritual growth.


regalia

The origins of academic dress lie in fourteenth century England. The buildings frequented by medieval scholars were often cold and damp; long gowns (particularly with hoods to protect tonsured heads) may have been worn more for warmth than fashion.

The distinctive gown set the student apart from their fellow citizens. As late as the Civil War, students at American universities wore caps and gowns daily while in residence. Whatever the origin, academic regalia grew in diversity and splendor, with scholars displaying distinctive costume for different occasions and achievements. The result was a bewildering variety of designs.

An intercollegiate commission met at Columbia University in 1894 to establish a standard academic costume code, and over the years it has been revised by an official committee of the American Council on Education. The committee’s prescriptions, while regulating, still allow for great pageantry at formal academic events.

From the cap, gown, and hood, it is possible to distinguish the institution from which the wearer was graduated, the field of learning in which the degree was earned, and the level of the degree—bachelor, master, or doctoral.

The distinguishing feature of the black mortarboard cap, standard at most colleges and universities in the United States, is the color of the tassel—black for the holder of a bachelor’s or master’s degree, gold for a doctor’s degree or the governing officers of educational institutions.

The gown is normally black, and the gown’s cut and trim indicate the level of the degree held. The bachelor’s has long, pointed sleeves, while the master’s has oblong sleeves, open at the wrist, with the front part cut in an arc. The doctor’s sleeves are bell-shaped, with three bars of velvet, and the gown is trimmed with velvet down the front as well. The hood tells the most about its wearer. The length of the hood and width of the binding vary according to degree. The hood is lined with the official colors of the college. The color of the hood’s binding indicates the area of study in which the degree was granted. Students also wear other regalia, including cords signifying academic honors and stoles representing countries they studied in during their academic career.

At formal academic occasions, the President of Merrimack College also wears the Presidential Medal which incorporates the College seal.


merrimack college anthem

Words and music by Scott Ness, O.S.A., Michael J. Rossi, and Joseph Farrell, O.S.A.

commencement - Merrimack College

Documents

Transcript of commencement - Merrimack College