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The QC Voice A newspaper for the campus community Spring 2019 Volume 12, Issue 4 QC Class of 2019 prepares for Spring Commencement By QC VOICE STAFF ou’ve completed all academic degree requirements. Check! Transferring schools? YYou’ve maintained a cumulative GPA of Some tips to help you 2.0 or higher. Check! You’ve settled all balances with the By MANDI FLAHERTY Business Office. Check!. QC Voice Staff You’ve completed an exit interview if you ransferring to another college can received Federal Student Loans. Check! Photo: THE PATRIOT LEDGER often be confusing to say the least. For You’ve paid the Commencement fee. Marianne Peak, superintendent of the Adams Tmany of us here at Quincy College who Check! National Historical Park in Quincy, addresses will be graduating in May and looking to Well, that leaves only one thing left: audience as 2018 Commencement Speaker. move on to a four-year school, the hardest Attend the 2019 Spring Commencement Ticket pick up times schedule: step may be where to start. and pick up your associate degree or Quincy: Monday-Thursday 8:30 a.m.-4 Thankfully, QC conducts Transfer Fairs certificate that you’ve worked so hard to p.m.; Friday 8:30 a.m - 2 p.m.; Saturday during the year to ease the anxiety in achieve. 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. helping you make the transition. The latest Rain or shine, close to 375 members of Plymouth: Monday-Thursday 8:30 a.m.-4 one was on March 20 in the Quincy the Quincy College Class of 2019 are p.m.; Friday 8:30 a.m. - 2 p.m. campus Student Lounge and was attended expected to attend the May 24 graduation Students must present a photo ID at the by several of the 20 four-year regional ceremony that begins at 10 a.m. at the South time of pickup. colleges QC has articulation agreements Shore Music Circus in Cohasset. Commencement regalia — caps, gowns & with as well as a few others. All graduates should report at 9 a.m., tassels — will also be available for Since, I, too, am in the process of dressed in your regalia and line up in your pickup at those dates and times. transferring, I reached out to my academic area of study. For more information on the advisor before the Transfer Fair to set up Graduates are allowed 5 guest tickets for Commencement and directions to the meetings with those schools I was the Commencement and will be available South Shore Music Circus, please click on interested in. That was helpful because at the Barnes & Noble bookstores on both this link: https://quincycollege.edu/ those college recruiters can check your the Quincy and Plymouth campuses, graduation/ coursework on the spot and tell you which beginning May 6 through May 17. credits will transfer to their institution. Along the way, I picked up a few other tips that I’d like to share with those still in Nursing program back in business this fall the process of transferring or who are By AL YOUNG planning to do so in the near future. QC Voice 1.) Do your homework. Go to your hen Dr. Roxanne Mihal got word future alma mater’s website and on March 13 that the research the program and WMassachusetts Board of Registration in requirements. Call the Admissions Nursing (BORN) had recertified the Office to speak more specifically Quincy College nursing program, no one about application requirements. would’ve been surprised if she went out Transferring to a business program? to celebrate. It may require a course (e.g., calculus) “I actually came back to school and that was not a requirement for your went to work,” Mihal, the Dean of associate’s degree. Ask questions. Nursing, said after hearing the good news Be prepared. during QC’s spring break, following an 2) Start early, as in one or two semesters intense 10-month turnaround. before you actually plan to transfer. Continued on Page 6 Continued on Page 6 Photo: QC MARKETING The QC Voice Spring 2019 Issue 4 Page 2 President’s Corner By Michael Bellotti s we near the conclusion of the We are hard at work planning 2018-19 academic year, I look Commencement on May 24 at the South Aforward to celebrating the end of the Shore Music Circus in Cohasset. It will semester, finals, and our two largest be an inspiring day to commemorate and academic events: Convivium (May 15 celebrate your achievements and usher by invitation only) and Spring you toward new adventures. Commencement (May 24). We are pleased that we have played a If I can impart some wisdom as you part in the success our graduates have had approach finals, it would be this: Utilize to date and are confident that you have the resources Quincy College provides been prepared for the challenges and you. Undoubtedly, this is a stressful time opportunities that await in the future, as the semester culminates in papers, wherever life takes you. labs, exams, and hands-on evaluations. I’m pleased to share with you that our Photo: THE PATRIOT LEDGER The college has a wealth of resources to 2019 Commencement Speaker will be The May 24 Commencement will be a day for help you succeed, from free tutoring at Ronald Mariano, the Majority Leader of graduates to celebrate their achievements. both the Quincy and Plymouth campuses the Massachusetts House of founding member of the Quincy College to Open Lab Hours in Plymouth and Representatives. Board of Governors. many more. He represents the 3rd Norfolk District, Active in the Quincy and South Shore At every level, there are staff to help. comprised of Quincy, Weymouth and communities, Mariano is an educator, Don’t forget to knock on the doors of Holbrook. Mariano has been a dedicated coach, mentor and advocate. He holds a Student Success Coaches, Academic supporter of Quincy College throughout bachelor’s degree from Northeastern Advisors, Faculty, Military Veteran his career. As a member of the Quincy University in Business Administration Services Specialists, and others dedicated School Committee, he helped oversee the and a master’s from UMass-Boston in to your success. college and continued to do so as a Education. Our 2019 Student Commencement Speaker will be announced in the near Commencement speaker no stranger to QC future. By AL YOUNG For those students not graduating this own career transition, moving from year, it is my hope that you will take QC Voice education to legislation when he was hen Ron Mariano steps to the advantage of our summer courses. These elected to the Massachusetts House of classes are designed for you get the most podium May 24 to address the Representatives in 1991, representing the of out of your summer, allowing you the WQuincy College graduating Class of 2019 3rd Norfolk District, comprised of flexibility to earn college credit but also as its Commencement Speaker, he won’t Quincy, Weymouth and Holbrook. enjoy a summer break with friends and be a stranger to this “I watched this college grow from an family while, hopefully, getting some two-year school idea of a few people to an outstanding well-deserved relaxation. that will be educational facility on the South Shore Quincy College, like many of our concluding its that allows kids a low-cost opportunity to students, is in a state of positive milestone 60th find themselves without spending an transformation, and I cannot wait to anniversary. awful lot of money,” said Mariano, now herald in a celebratory conclusion of the In fact, as a the House Majority Leader. Spring Semester and forge ahead in the lifelong resident “The original intention was this was 2019-2020 academic year. born and raised in going to be a post-graduate spot for Ron Mariano Quincy, he is quite Grades 13 and 14. Now it can be a familiar with the evolution of the school degree-granting institution where the sky since it first opened in 1958. He was a is the limit.” teacher and member of the Quincy Besides watching the school grow in School Committee for nearly 20 years. stature over the years, Mariano points to “I was on the School Committee when another gratifying aspect for him. we transitioned the college into an “It brought a very diverse group of students into our city to take advantage independent entity,” Mariano recalled. “I of the opportunities at Quincy College,” was on the original Board of Governors.” he said. Since then, Mariano has undergone his MAY 24, 2019 The QC Voice Spring 2019 Issue 4 Page 3 Inquiring Photographer Question: “What are your plans for this summer? Traveling anywhere exciting or doing something different or interesting?” Compiled by MANDI FLAHERTY, YANA SHAMSUTDINOVA, AL YOUNG QC Voice Staff Clarissa Connor Eileen Collins Doug Scott English Major Elementary Education QC Basketball Coach Milton Major Quincy Dorchester “I am traveling to Ireland. I’m going to be “I’ll be going camping in June with some “We’ll be involved in our fourth annual Bo there for two weeks, visiting family. All my friends in New Hampshire. And then I’ll be Foundation Summer Leadership Program for family is from there. After that, I’m also working as a tennis instructor for the rest four weeks, working with about 200 at-risk going to L.A. for two weeks to celebrate my of the summer at the Tenacity Day Camp kids here in the Quincy community. I’m also 21st birthday.” in Dorchester.” expecting my second child. I have a boy on the way, and that’s very exciting.