[nabs-l] graduation

Kristina Constant kconstan at student.umass.edu
Mon May 18 21:09:19 UTC 2009


Hi Yes Rayna will be with me.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Hope Paulos" <hope.paulos at maine.edu>
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Subject: Re: [nabs-l] graduation


> 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
>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Serena" <serenacucco at verizon.net
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>>Date sent: Sun, 17 May 2009 15:14:48 -0400
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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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