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» MCM Graduates Celebrate 2009 Commencement

Thirty-six students graduated from the Master's Program in Communications Management (MCM) at Simmons this year, the largest group yet to earn their MCM degrees. Among the graduates were members of the accelerated program for undergraduates at Simmons, and the dual-degree program with the Master's Program in Gender and Cultural Studies (MCM/GCS), both of which have seen significant growth since 2008.

On Wednesday, May 13, 2009, the graduates, joined by their partners, friends, and family members, attended a department reception at Simmons to celebrate Commencement. Many of the MCM graduates also attended the Commencement ceremony on Friday, May 15 at the Bank of America Pavilion in Boston. Program Director Joan Abrams hosted the reception, led a toast to the graduates' academic achievements, and announced the recipients of two awards that the MCM Program presents each year.

Sujata Adamson-Mohan of Boston, a graduate of Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pennsylvania and of the MCM/GCS program at Simmons, accepted the Bernstein Service Award. Adamson-Mohan was one of the first Master's candidates to complete the MCM/GCS degree, and has served Simmons as a strong advocate for MCM, a resource for other students in the dual-degree program, and as a teaching assistant in MCM core course Strategic Communication and Organizational change, taught by Gayle Gifford. Adamson-Mohan worked in the Scott Ross Center for Community Service at Simmons while she earned her Simmons degree, and helped facilitate the service learning projects in Gifford's class that are such an important part of the MCM experience.

Laura Hart, a Rhode Island resident who heads Communications for the State Department of Employment and Training, accepted the Beltz Prize for Academic Excellence. Hart maintained a 4.0 grade average while she completed her degree, working full-time, and commuting each week, as many MCM students do. Laura has been in the news, including the New York Times, quite a bit this past year serving as the governor's spokesperson on unemployment issues. Some of you may know that Rhode Island consistently leads the country in joblessness, second only to Michigan. Consequently, Laura has been particularly busy this year.

MCM also would like to welcome back Professor Emeritus Lynda Beltz, who will teach the Applied Learning Project course for MCM in the fall. The Beltz Prize is named for Lynda, who many of you may know founded the MCM program more than twenty years ago.

To the graduates of 2008-2009, MCM congratulates you, and looks forward to hearing about your continued success.

2009 MCM Graduate Reception

Below you will find photographs of the MCM 2009 Graduate Reception in slideshow format. To view any of these images in a larger size, please just click on the photo to open a new browser window.

 

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