{"id":200,"date":"2019-03-18T15:06:50","date_gmt":"2019-03-18T15:06:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wcsu.wpengine.com\/grad-spotlights\/?page_id=200"},"modified":"2024-10-11T15:55:36","modified_gmt":"2024-10-11T15:55:36","slug":"2019-graduates-in-the-spotlight","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/grad-spotlights\/2019-graduates-in-the-spotlight\/","title":{"rendered":"2019 Graduates in the Spotlight"},"content":{"rendered":"

As Western Connecticut State University prepares for its 121st Commencement ceremony, we pause for a moment to look back at our past \u2014 and ahead to our graduates\u2019 futures.<\/p>\n

Depending on the year they passed through our gates, our students have received a degree from the Danbury Normal School (1906 \u2013 1936), Danbury State Teachers College (1937 \u2013 1959), Danbury State College (1960 \u2013 1967), Western Connecticut State College (1967 \u2013 1982) and Western Connecticut State University (since 1983).<\/p>\n

We\u2019ve grown from early graduating classes of several dozen students to more than a thousand in recent years, conferring undergraduate, masters and, starting in 2008, doctoral degrees.<\/p>\n

In the class of 2018, our graduates hailed from 18 U.S. states and 130 Connecticut cities and towns. The average age was 26 for those obtaining a bachelor’s degree and 32 for those obtaining a master’s degree. The mean grade point average in 2018 for WCSU students receiving a bachelor’s degree was 3.23. For graduate students, it was 3.81.<\/p>\n

The numbers for the class of 2019 are still being written. Here is a glimpse at what some of our graduates\u2019 futures hold.<\/p>\n

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<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"image<\/td>\nCarole Allers<\/strong><\/a>
\nB.A. in Psychology<\/td>\n		<\/td>\n\"image<\/td>\nChristine Manalo<\/strong><\/a>
\nB.S. in Music Education<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"image<\/td>\nChauncey Allers<\/a>
\n<\/strong>B.S. in Justice and Law Administration
\n<\/strong><\/td>\n		<\/td>\n\"image<\/td>\nJordon McAlpine<\/a>
\n<\/strong>B.A. in Biology<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"image<\/td>\nGina Atanasoff<\/strong><\/a>
\nM.F.A. in Creative & Professional Writing<\/td>\n		<\/td>\n\u00a0\"image<\/td>\nHerbie Mortera<\/strong><\/a>
\nB.M. in Audio & Music Production<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"image<\/td>\nErica Bower<\/strong>
\nB.A. in Meteorology<\/td>\n		<\/td>\n\"image<\/td>\nVictor Namer<\/strong><\/a>
\nB.A. in Psychology
\nB.A. in Political Science<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"image<\/td>\nBill Brimmer<\/strong><\/a>
\nB.A. in English<\/td>\n		<\/td>\n\"image<\/td>\nAllison Noteware<\/a><\/strong>
\nB.S. in Justice & Law Administration<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"image<\/td>\nJillian Caillouette<\/a><\/strong>
\nB.F.A. in Musical Theatre<\/td>\n		<\/td>\n\u00a0\"image<\/td>\nLayra Caridad Valdes Ramirez<\/a><\/strong>
\nB.A. in Chemistry, Biochemistry, ACS Approved<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"image<\/td>\nJessica Calderon<\/strong><\/a>
\nB.B.A. in Financial Accounting<\/td>\n		<\/td>\n\"image<\/td>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
<\/td>\nBrian Rendich<\/a><\/strong>
\nB.S. in Secondary Education<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"image<\/td>\nCaroline Chaves<\/a><\/strong>
\nB.B.A. in Digital & Interactive Marketing<\/td>\n		<\/td>\n\"image<\/td>\nRachel Rossier<\/strong><\/a>
\nB.A. in Art<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"image<\/td>\nJoseph Conticello<\/strong><\/a>
\nB.M. in Performance<\/td>\n		<\/td>\n\u00a0\"image<\/td>\nJaclyn Smith<\/a><\/strong>
\nB.S. in Elementary Education<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0\"image<\/td>\nKevin Coyle<\/strong><\/a>
\nB.S. in Health Promotion Studies, Community Health<\/td>\n		<\/td>\n\"image<\/td>\nJosyane Torres<\/a><\/strong>
\nB.S. in Nursing<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0\"image<\/td>\nJaclyn Fernandez<\/strong><\/a>
\nB.S. in Health Promotion Studies, Allied Health<\/td>\n		<\/td>\n\"image<\/td>\nNathanial Walker<\/a><\/strong>
\nB.A. in History
\nB.A. in Political Science<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"image<\/td>\nDanielle King<\/a>
\n<\/strong>M.A. in English<\/td>\n		<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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