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Ellington Residents Graduate from Sacred Heart University

Serita Smith and Andrew Sullivan were amongst the 1,600 students who received degrees.

Sacred Heart University in Fairfield is pleased to announce its graduates from the annual Commencement held on May 12-13. Approximately 1,600 graduates received degrees from Sacred Heart University this year.

Area residents who received degrees include:

Serita Smith: Ellington, Master of Science in Nursing Family Nurse Practioner

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Andrew Sullivan: Ellington, Bachelor of Science in Exercise Science

Sacred Heart University, the second-largest independent Catholic university in New England, offers more than 40 undergraduate, graduate and doctoral programs on its main campus in Fairfield, Connecticut, and satellites in Connecticut, Luxembourg and Ireland. More than 6,000 students attend the University's four colleges: Arts & Sciences; Education & Health Professions; University College; and the AACSB-accredited John F. (Jack) Welch College of Business. The Princeton Review includes SHU in its guides "Best 373 Colleges: 2011," "Best in the Northeast" and "Best 300 Business Schools: 2011." U.S. News & World Report ranks SHU among the best master's universities in the North in its annual "America's Best Colleges" publication. As one of just 23 institutions nationally, SHU is a member of the Association of American Colleges & Universities' (AAC&U) Core Commitments Leadership Consortium, in recognition of its core, "The Human Journey." SHU fields 31 division I athletic teams, and has an award-winning program of community service. 

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