[nabs-l] graduation

[Rania]

Good for you! Congradulations!
Rania,
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kristina Constant" <kconstan at student.umass.edu>
To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list" 
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Sent: Sunday, May 17, 2009 12:44 PM
Subject: [nabs-l] graduation


>I am graduating from the University of Massachusetts Amherst next weekend 
>with my bachelors in sociology and a minor in education and will take the 
>last class in the fall.  UMass does not have a ceremony for those who 
>finish in between the yearly graduation so I was told I could walk this 
>may.  Also UMass does not give students their diplomas at graduation 
>because they graduate thousands of students at once.  Every student's 
>diploma is mailed to them after graduation.  I am graduating with honors 
>from the department of sociology and was inducted into alphakappadelta 
>national honor society for sociology majors.  It has taken me eight years 
>to get this degree but that has been because of medical issues I had 
>related to Laurence moon bardet biedl syndrome the most severe being on 
>dialysis and getting a kidney transplant.  I am hoping to get a job and 
>help others with disabilities learn that they can achieve anything they 
>want if they put one foot in front of the other and stay determined to 
>achieve their goals.  Kristina Constant
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