SALEM — Salem State College's Graduate School held its commencement exercises Thursday at 4 p.m. in the O'Keefe Center.
Sarah Lawrence-Lightfoot, the Emily Hargroves Fisher professor of education at Harvard University, addressed the graduates and other attendees. Lawrence-Lightfoot is the author of nine books in the areas of education and sociology and is a 1984 winner of the McArthur Prize.
Following is a list of local residents who received graduate degrees at yesterday's commencement.
Essex
Rebecca Duda, Master of Arts History.
Gloucester
Julia Brotherton, Certificate of Advanced Graduate Study.
Jill Hurley, Master of Social Work.
Kara MacLean, Master of Education in Reading.
Marianne Oshiro, Master of Education in Special Education.
Sarah Redman, Certificate of Advanced Graduate Study.
Kathleen Santo, Master of Arts in Teaching English as a Second Language.
Danielle Wegrzyn, Master of Social Work.
Wendy Wyman, Master of Social Work.
Rockport
Cathryn Clark, Master of Arts in Teaching English.
Amanda Frithsen, Master of Science in Mathematics.
Heidi Nock, Certificate of Advanced Graduate Study.
Graduation at a glance
No. of graduates: 599
Speaker: Sarah Lawrence-Lightfoot, professor of education at Harvard University
Honorary degrees: Robert Lappin, owner of Shetland Park in Salem and founder of the Robert I. Lappin Charitable Foundation, and Nancy Harrington, former president of Salem State College.
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