{"id":8,"date":"2018-04-19T13:57:42","date_gmt":"2018-04-19T13:57:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wcsu.wpengine.com\/commencement\/?page_id=8"},"modified":"2018-05-14T15:31:46","modified_gmt":"2018-05-14T15:31:46","slug":"2018-grad-spotlights","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/grad-spotlights\/","title":{"rendered":"2018 Graduates in the Spotlight"},"content":{"rendered":"

As Western Connecticut State University prepares for its 120th annual 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 2017, our graduates hailed from 16 U.S. states and 115 Connecticut cities and towns. The average age was 25 for those obtaining a bachelor’s degree and 34 for those obtaining a master’s degree. The mean grade point average in 2017 for WCSU students receiving a bachelor’s degree was 3.22. For graduate students, it was 3.80.<\/p>\n

The numbers for the class of 2018 are still being written. Here is a glimpse at what some of our graduates\u2019 futures hold.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\"Image<\/a><\/td>\nJessie Bajwa<\/strong><\/a>
\nB.B.A. in Financial Accounting<\/td>\n		<\/td>\n\u00a0\"Image<\/a><\/td>\nMelanie Jones<\/strong><\/a>
\nB.S. in Music Education (PreK-12)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0\"Image<\/a><\/td>\nLeah Begg<\/a><\/strong>
\nM.A. in English<\/td>\n		<\/td>\n\u00a0\"Image<\/a><\/td>\n Kaitlyn LaBonte<\/strong><\/a>
\nBSW
\nB.A. in Political Science<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"Image<\/a><\/td>\nRuby Cantoni<\/a><\/strong>
\nB.A. in Art – Graphic Design<\/td>\n		<\/td>\n\u00a0\"Image<\/a><\/td>\nJoanne Lee<\/a><\/strong>
\nB.S. in Nursing<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"Image<\/a><\/td>\nRalph DeLuca<\/a><\/strong>
\nB.S. in JLA – Legal Studies<\/td>\n		<\/td>\n\"Image<\/a><\/td>\nShannon McFarland<\/a><\/strong>
\nB.A. in Biology – Ecology<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/a><\/td>\nMarcus Estevez<\/a><\/strong>
\nB.B.A. in Marketing<\/td>\n		<\/td>\n\"Image<\/a><\/td>\nNicole Mierzejewski<\/a><\/strong>
\nB.B.A. in Finance<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"Image<\/a><\/td>\nSean Feibusch<\/strong><\/a>
\nB.B.A. in Finance<\/td>\n		<\/td>\n\u00a0\"Image<\/a><\/td>\nJesse Navarra<\/strong><\/a>
\nM.F.A. in Art<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0\"Image<\/a><\/td>\nQuinn Fleeting<\/strong><\/a>
\nB.B.A. in Management Information Systems<\/td>\n		<\/td>\n\"Image<\/a><\/td>\nHieu Nguyen<\/a><\/strong>
\nB.A. in Mathematics
\nM.A. in Mathematics<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0\"Image<\/a><\/td>\nJenna Gaudioso<\/strong><\/a>
\nB.S. in Nursing<\/td>\n		<\/td>\n\"Image<\/a><\/td>\nDarien Talley<\/a><\/strong>
\nB.A. in Communication Studies<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0\"Image<\/a><\/td>\nSarah Hoegler<\/strong><\/a>
\nB.A. in Psychology<\/td>\n		<\/td>\n\"Image<\/a><\/td>\nSydney Varick<\/a><\/strong>
\nB.A. in Communication Studies
\nB.A. in Theatre – Performance<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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