On June 6, Hudson Valley Community College’s streamed its 66th Commencement Celebration for the Class of 2020 at www.hvcc.edu/commencement where the hour-long video is available for viewing.
All are welcome to view the program honoring the nearly 1,800 students who received a degree or certificate! It is accessible to the public, so please share it!
Addressing the graduates were President Roger Ramsammy, United States Senator Charles Schumer; Neil Kelleher, Board of Trustees chairman; WTEN News Anchor John Gray ’83; Student Senate President Zion Sherin ’20, and Professor Jeff Schoonmaker, who retired in May 2020 after 51 years of teaching physics at Hudson Valley. Rensselaer County Executive Steve McLaughlin and Michael Stammel, chairman of the county legislature, also spoke.
American Idol finalist Madison VanDenburg, who attended the college in 2019, sang “The Star Spangled Banner” to open the celebration and performed again at the close of the event. Profiles of graduates and greetings from faculty and staff are interspersed throughout the program. The student choir also performed.
The celebration included a ceremonial conferral of degrees by President Ramsammy and Judith DiLorenzo, vice president for Academic Affairs.
Please take a look and show your support of the Class of 2020, whose final semester was unlike any other in the history of the college!
Published: Tue, 09 Jun 2020 12:10:04 +0000 by d.gardner