[nabs-l] graduation

[Hope Paulos]

Hi Kristina.  Congratulations.  I know how difficult it is to 
have worked 8 years of a bachelor's degree.  I too had 8 
longyears.  Congrats also on the honors in sincielogy.  Will 
Rayna be marching with you? I hope so.
Hope and Beignet

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>Hi Christina

>Congratulations on graduating and overcoming your individual 
challenges!

>Serena


>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Kristina Constant" <kconstan at student.umass.edu
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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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