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MANHATTAN COLLEGE AWARDS UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES THROUGH ADULT DEGREE COMPLETION PROGRAM

RIVERDALE, N.Y.  -- Manhattan College awarded 40 Bachelor of Science degrees in organizational management from its Adult Degree Completion program Wednesday, May 19.  Students who completed their studies in May 2004 participated in the ceremony held in the College’s main chapel as part of the 162nd annual Spring Commencement program. 

The adult degree completion program is designed to offer an alternative academic opportunity to non-traditional students by addressing the needs of working adults wishing to complete their college degree. College credit can be given for prior college study, professional training, completion of nationally recognized examinations and evaluation for life experience.

During the ceremony, in which more than 100 graduate students also were awarded master’s degrees in biotechnology, education and engineering, an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree was presented to Manhattan College alumnus Peter Quinn ’69, writer, historian and corporate editorial director at Time Warner. 

In his speech, Mr. Quinn aimed to convey his own Manhattan College educational experience to the new graduates.  He said, “Manhattan’s influence spills across the city and the metropolitan region.  It informs and enlivens the ceaseless discourse taking place in classrooms, courtrooms, firehouses, offices – everywhere the graduates of this school continue the process of self-enlightenment they began here.”

Manhattan College was founded in 1853 upon the Lasallian tradition of excellence in teaching, inspired by St. John Baptist de La Salle.  Manhattan College is an independent, Catholic, coeducational institution of higher learning offering more than 40 major programs of study in the areas of arts, business, education, engineering and science.

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