Somers Residents Receive Degrees From Quinnipiac University

Quinnipiac University conferred 878 degrees during two separate ceremonies Sunday at the TD Bank Sports Center, including two to Somers residents.

Evan R. Belisle received a Master of Arts in Teaching degree and Richard L. Blanchard received a Master of Health Science/Physician Assistant degree.

At a 10 a.m. ceremony, Quinnipiac conferred 727 graduate degrees to students in the schools of business, communications, education, health sciences, nursing and the College of Arts and Sciences. Bill Strickland, president and CEO of Manchester Bidwell Corp., addressed the students and received an honorary degree.

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At 3 p.m. The Hon. Lubbie Harper, Jr., a Connecticut Supreme Court justice, will addressed the 151 students who graduated from the Quinnipiac University School of Law. Harper also received an honorary degree. David Rosettenstein, professor of the year, addressed the class. Daniel Wade Luckett delivered remarks on behalf of the students.

Quinnipiac is a private, coeducational, nonsectarian institution located 90 minutes north of New York City and two hours from Boston. The university enrolls more than 6,000 full-time undergraduate and more than 2,000 graduate students in 53 undergraduate and more than 20 graduate programs of study in its School of Business and Engineering, School of Communications, School of Education, School of Health Sciences, School of Law, Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine, School of Nursing and College of Arts and Sciences.

Quinnipiac consistently ranks among the top regional universities in the North in U.S. News & World Report’s America’s Best Colleges issue. The 2009 issue of U.S. News & World Report’s America’s Best Colleges named Quinnipiac as the top up-and-coming school with master’s programs in the Northern Region. Quinnipiac also is recognized in Princeton Review’s “The Best 376 Colleges.” For more information, please visit www.quinnipiac.edu. Connect with Quinnipiac on Facebook at www.facebook.com/quinnipiacuniversity and follow Quinnipiac on Twitter @QuinnipiacU.