{"id":36,"date":"2018-05-02T16:31:28","date_gmt":"2018-05-02T16:31:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wcsu.wpengine.com\/commencement\/?p=36"},"modified":"2018-05-02T16:31:28","modified_gmt":"2018-05-02T16:31:28","slug":"ralph-deluca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/grad-spotlights\/2018\/05\/02\/ralph-deluca\/","title":{"rendered":"Ralph Deluca"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
\"ImageHOMETOWN: Bethel, Connecticut<\/p>\n

MAJOR: Justice and Law Administration – Legal Studies<\/p>\n

MINOR: History<\/p>\n

WCSU DEGREE:\u00a0 Bachelor of Science in Justice and Law Administration<\/p>\n

ACTIVITIES: Vice President of JLA Honor Society, Alpha Phi Sigma; Ancell Learning Commons tutor for legal writing. Also referees high school football and has a part-time job as a security guard and supervisor at Brooklawn Country Club in Fairfield.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

HONORS AND AWARDS: Dean\u2019s list more times than I can count! My GPA is something like 3.9. I am also proud of winning the 2018 Ancell School of Business Justice and Law Administration Award.<\/p>\n

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Ralph Deluca has law enforcement in his blood. “My father was a cop, a detective with some 30 years of total service; law was always a part of my family,” he says. “JLA was the only major that made sense, a clarion call if you will. I decided that I wanted to go to law school (I am) so I divined my deeper motives with a concentration in Legal Studies.”<\/p>\n

The reason he decided to pursue those studies at WestConn, he says “was not a matter of choice, more so where my own infamous fear of communal living took me. I did not want to dorm, thus WCSU made the most sense. But, as I have grown here, I realize I made a good call. I spent all four years here, you better believe it, and I would not trade that time in for the world.”<\/p>\n

Deluca says two professors in particular served as mentors. “Terrence Dwyer helped me hone my craft, both in my verbal and especially my writing skills,” he says. “He was a professor I saw eye-to-eye with. He taught me the basics and complexities of the law in both a thrilling, yet laid back, way. He is the top of his craft in the university system.\u00a0I would be remiss if I did not mention my other mentor, Professor of History Dr. Martha May. She is a woman whom I have come to respect through our vast disagreements, and I would be a weaker person without her. I would be weaker without either of them. That\u2019s a fact.”<\/p>\n

Asked what he will remember most about his WestConn experience, Deluca says, \u201cHaving Coach Housemann (HOOOUSEE) for Tae Kwon Do.\u201d<\/p>\n

After graduation, Deluca plans to attend law school. “I have already been accepted to George Mason, but I’m still working out the logistics of where to attend.”<\/p>\n

His advice to new students entering WCSU is: \u201cThey say plants grow better with music playing, so play some when you study\/do your homework. For me it was ’80s New Wave. Other than that, have somewhat of a chip on your shoulder, take your wins but do not think the battle is over; do not grow lazy and let your schoolwork degenerate. Contrary to that point, do not make the mistake of Napoleon at Waterloo; hubris can be your downfall! Be humble, there really is no way to sugar coat it. Enjoy family and friends, especially the ones you make at school. Remember: ‘It\u2019s hip to be square,’ so long as you are a success. Block out the doubters and you will rock the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

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