Commissioner Kelly congratulates Manhattan College graduates
Manhattan College’s graduation ceremony was also a celebration of the school’s president, Thomas Scanlan, who is leaving his post later this year, after 22 years.
The speaker at the ceremony was New York City Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly, who graduated from the school in 1963. In a copy of the speech provided by the college, Mr. Kelly spoke both about Mr. Scanlan’s accomplishments, such as increasing applications to the school by 120 percent, raising SAT scores of those accepted by 100 points, and what he called “a wholesale transformation into a residential college and one of the premiere institutions of higher learning in the country.”
Mr. Kelly also spoke directly to the more than 700 graduates, urging them to stay true to the school’s core principles.
“They are manifest, Brother Scanlan, in your vocation, handed down from the Christian Brothers through generations of Manhattan graduates: a commitment to service, social justice, and the dignity of every human being,” Mr. Kelly said.
A list of local graduates and their schools of study follows:
- Syeda Sayeeda Abbas, School of Science
- Christien Abrams-Barron, School of Education
- Sana Baig, School of Business
- Brandon D. Batista, School of Engineering
- Caitlin Marie Boucher, School of Arts
- James T. Boyle II, School of Education
- Kenny Candelario, School of Business
- Julio William Carmenate, School of Arts
- Zoran Curanovic, School of Engineering
- Rachel A. Downes, School of Arts
- Brianne Renee Francese, School of Engineering
- Kervin Garcia, School of Education
- Caitlin Mattie Grath, School of Arts
- Margery Jeanne Hines, School of Engineering
- Hannah Kaplan, School of Arts
- Jo-Ann Marie Lora, School of Education
- Hattie Laura Martin, School of Business
- Bivian Reyes Mejia, School of Engineering
- Glynnis A. O’Shea, School of Arts
- Clara Y. Peralta, School of Education
- Jeanne-Marie Scanlon, School of Arts
- Karen Theresa Magee, School of Business
- Matthew P. Rudkin, School of Business