10 | theLAKER Two days of celebration for the Class of 2022 The College celebrated the Class of 2022 with five ceremonies over two days on May 20 and 21. Ceremonies were grouped by department to keep crowd sizes smaller as part of pandemic precautions. Student Corporation President Jeremiah Naused gave remarks at the ceremony for science, technology and health science graduates. He talked about the common pandemic experience of starting college online then finishing in person. “After a year of being online, coming back on campus was so strange,” he said. “I had no idea what college was supposed to be like. Up to that point, I had only been on campus a handful of times. I had to re-learn what a college experience is, and what opportunities I could engage in.” Still, he said, he is grateful for all he learned while at FLCC. “After all of it, all of the fluctuations of modalities and the changing mask mandates, I am thankful …These experiences have made us all better prepared and equipped to handle any adventures and careers that we face after today.” President Robert Nye varied his remarks at each ceremony, sharing a few students’ stories and praising them for achievements and perseverance. At the nursing ceremony, he gave a shout out to Lway Soe, who grew up in a Thailand refugee camp before arriving in the U.S. in 2008. Lway worked through the pandemic as a patient access associate at the Rochester General Hospital emergency room, a role that put her at risk of contracting COVID-19. “I admire your selflessness, Lway. You will be a credit to the nursing profession,” he said. Criminal justice graduate Vivienne Dillon ’22 of Dundee celebrates with her boyfriend, Nicholas Noteboom, at the commencement ceremony for business and social sciences on May 21. Vivienne transferred to SUNY Cortland to study criminology. PHOTO BY JAN REGAN Jeremiah Naused ’22 Lway Soe ’22 is pinned by her mother at the nursing ceremony. Lway graduated with plans to work in the neonatal intensive care unit at Strong Memorial Hospital. PHOTO BY RIKKI VAN CAMP
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