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WORCESTER, MA (06/09/2022)– Clark University awarded 577 Bachelor’s, 489 Master’s, and 25 doctoral degrees, and conferred four honorary degrees during the University’s 118th Commencement exercises on Sunday, May 22. Graduates were urged to always ask questions, move forward with confidence, and have the moral clarity to make courageous and meaningful decisions.
Among the graduates were:
Jess Elizabeth Santoro, of Higganum, graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts in management.
President David B. Fithian, who received his degree from Clark in 1987 and is the first alumnus to lead the university, implored the graduates to always be curious.
Mary Frances Berry, a renowned scholar, civil rights activist, and the Geraldine R. Segal Professor Emerita of American Social Thought at the University of Pennsylvania, delivered the commencement address. Berry told the graduates that they have a moral obligation to contribute to society.
“There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but you must take it because it is right,” she insisted.
For more information, visit www.clarku.edu/commencement/
