Portsmouth Residents Earn Degrees from Community College of Rhode Island

The Community College of Rhode Island (CCRI) awarded 1,563 associate degrees and certificates at its 46th commencement on Friday, May 20, on the Warwick campus.

Nearly 700 graduates participated in the commencement exercises.

Several dignitaries – among them U.S. Sens. Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse, Congressmen James Langevin and David Cicilline, Gov. Lincoln Chafee and other state officials – gave congratulations to the Class of 2011.

“CCRI graduates are everywhere and in every walk of life. And you are a part of the college’s 47 years of rich history. You are CCRI. And we know that you will go out into the world and touch the lives of your fellow Rhode Islanders the way that so many CCRI alumni have before you,” CCRI President Ray Di Pasqual said. “As I look across the sea of faces in the graduating class, I know that this day is life-changing and that you have such marvelous opportunities ahead of you.”

Degrees were awarded to the following Portsmouth residents:

Meixiang An

Jennifer J. Beebe

Carissa Borodemos

Paul J. Botelho

Joel Daniel Carlo

Stuart R. Carter

Christopher R. Champlin

Jennifer Costa

Daniel P. Dugan

Jill Marie Glazier

Robert C. Gregson

Jermaine Douglas Heisser

Julie Howell

Heather A. Johnson

Philip M Kenney III

Deborah Lynne Lawrence

Melissa Lee Long

Jeffrey M. Mandler

David James Martin

Brianna E. Martin

Christina Mohr

Aidan Peter O’Kane

Leslie A. Preuit

Tathiani H. Ruzzo

Lauren Lee-Ann Sanford

Michael Francis Santos

Jeremy Field Souza