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Manchester Campus Holds 6th Commencement at Historic Armory

On Friday, December 14, the MCPHS-Manchester Physician Assistant Studies program graduated 31 students during a commencement ceremony at the historic Manchester Armory, now part of the Radisson Hotel complex on Elm Street. This year’s commencement speaker was Alyson Pitman Giles, President and Chief Executive Officer of CMC Healthcare System, which includes Catholic Medical Center, a 330 bed acute care hospital, the New England Heart Institute, and several subsidiaries including physician practices and an ambulatory surgery partnership with 30 surgeons.

Trustee Judith Ronshagen BSP ‘70, a New Hampshire native, officially opened the 6th annual graduation exercises and introduced President Monahan, who presided over the ceremony. Trustee Gail Bucher BSP ’63 offered the invocation and benediction.

The student speaker was Erin Kathleen Donohue, who graduated from Salem (New Hampshire) High School and the University of New Hampshire in Durham, where she earned a Bachelor of Science in Nutrition, Summa Cum Laude. Ms. Donohue is planning a career as a Surgical Physician Assistant or a subspecialty in oncology.

“I realize that it is the places that we have been, the people we have met, and the patients we have helped along the way that have truly changed us over this past year,” Erin told her fellow classmates. “These experiences have changed all of us whether we realize it or not.”

During the ceremony, Dr. Scott Massey, Associate Dean and Chair of the Department of Physician Assistant Studies for the Manchester and Worcester campuses, presented awards to students and faculty preceptors. Faculty member Steven Steiner led the graduates in the Physician Assistant Professional Oath.

After the graduates received their coveted diplomas, they were welcomed into the MCPHS Alumni Association by Herbert E. Capron, Jr. BSP ‘88, president of the association.

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