Dominican Students Excel at Monroe College for St. Lucia Campus Graduates 2020
Monroe College, the New York-based institution offering Associate, Bachelor’s, and Master’s degree programs from its campus in Saint Lucia, held its Annual Commencement Ceremony on Sunday, October 18, 2020 at the Sandals Grande, Beach Resort and Spa (Pigeon Island, Gros Islet) for local graduates.
Two separate ceremonies were held to allow for proper social distancing of all participants. Due to pandemic-related quarantine requirements for visitors to the island, Monroe College President Marc Jerome led the ceremony virtually from New York, while local campus administrators, faculty, and staff joined the 86 graduates in person. In addition to students from Saint Lucia, the graduating class included students from Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, and Saint Vincent and The Grenadines.
Among the graduates were several students from Dominica who had attended Monroe’s campuses in New York and St. Lucia, who graduated top of their programme: Chriscelar C. Sylvester, Melinda D. Austrie, Marissa Thomas, Amanda M. Xavier, Edona Jno. Baptiste, Sherma Lyn Toussaint, Nigel Peters, David R. Thornhill and Kervin George.
Summa Cum Laude (with Highest Latin honors)
Chriscelar graduated with a 3.914 Grade Point Average (GPA). “Earning my degree in Computer Information Systems (with highest honors) is my biggest accomplishment to date. I thank God for bringing me thus far, and I am also grateful to the Government of Dominica for awarding me a full scholarship, and helping me achieve this milestone. I’m elated that I could have made my family, and my country proud.”
According to Dr. Seuss, “You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose” and “I choose to steer myself in the direction of excellence.”
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