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About Us
Zoran Bursac
Director, Professor and Chair of Biostatistics
Population Health InitiativeJuan Cendan
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Commencement Archives
Past Livestreams and Commencement Address
President's Commencement Remarks
Past Commencement Programs
Honorary Degree Recipients
2023
Joan Mikula
Over the course of her 35-year tenure with The Massachusetts Department of Mental Health, which culminated in 2015 upon being appointed Commissioner, Joan Mikula influenced public policy and created pathways toward success for individuals experiencing mental health challenges. Her legacy of commitment, creativity, passion and advocacy has been buoyed by an unwavering belief in the individual’s potential for change and growth. As a leader in the fight for mental health parity, Joan witnessed sweeping change over the course of three decades. Today, her advocacy continues at a community level with the Newton Wellesley Hospital and the Massachusetts Association of Mental Health.
Michael Curry
Michael Curry, Esq. brings 30+ years of experience in civil rights advocacy, health reform and health equity to his r
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Thirty-Second Commencement Remarks, 2012
Welcoming Remarks
Nicholas A. Covino, President, William James College
On behalf of our Trustees, Faculty, Staff, Students and our honored guests, I welcome all of you to the 32nd Commencement Exercises of William James College.
Today is a day where we celebrate the success of our graduates who have worked seriously and diligently to acquire the degree that will be confirmed in a few moments. We are here as witnesses because these degree candidates are very important people to us.
William James College is not a typical institution of higher learning, but, in some mode, today’s graduates resemble those from traditional academic programs. Julienne Singer, for example, presented in Greece on Positive Leadership; Eben Lasker gave two papers to the gemenskap of Descriptive Psychology at national meetings-- one on the meaning of addiction and another on play therapy; while completing her own studies, Alicia Simiatin