Gol Giovanni Carmelo Santucciof Holmes Receives Degree from Western New England University
SPRINGFIELD, MA (07/14/2023)– Giovanni Carmelo Santucci of Holmes, NY graduated Cum Laude from Western New England Univeristy with a BSE in Biomedical Engineering.
The University held its undergraduate ceremony on Saturday, May 20. More than 440 students received their degrees. The top fields of study were Mechanical Engineering, Sport Management, Criminal Justice, Psychology, and Accounting.
In his remarks President Robert E. Johnson referred to the resiliency and toughness demonstrated in the midst of the pandemic, “You have proven yourselves to be a class of persistence and perseverance, never lose that. Have a dream and a plan to get there and you will transform the world.”
Emily Wambach, graduating with a major in Biomedical Engineering and a minor in Psychology, was selected as the graduating student who would deliver the student address. “We cannot say that we all walked the same path, but we can say that we ended at the same point, walking out today as alumni. It might not have been smooth or straight, you could have taken a wrong turn or even started over completely, but you didn’t allow that to stop you. Don’t let fear keep you from accomplishing all that you want in life because if it doesn’t challenge you, it doesn’t change you,” added Wambach as she addressed her fellow graduates.
The Western New England University graduating class of 2023 hailed from 20 states which were: Arizona, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Massachusetts, Maine, Minnesota, Montana, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas, Vermont, and Washington. Graduates were also from Canada and India.
Western New England University (WNE) is a private, nationally ranked, comprehensive institution with a focus on preparing work-ready and world-ready graduates. Founded in 1919 in Springfield, Massachusetts as a division of Northeastern College, WNE’s 215-acre suburban campus serves more than 3,700 students, including over 2,500 full-time undergraduates. More than 47,000 alumni have earned degrees through its 90+ undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs at Colleges of Arts and Sciences, Business, Engineering, and Pharmacy and Health Sciences, and School of Law. Students come from 39 U.S. states and territories and 23 countries. Of 45,104 living alumni, 30% remain within the region, residing in the four Western Massachusetts counties and northern Connecticut.
WNE is classified among nationally ranked universities in US News and World Report, and among the Top 100 Undergraduate Engineering programs, and in the Doctoral/Professional Universities category in the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education.
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