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Alumni Corner - 1991
Shawn Lerner is a
1991 grad of NSCC’s
Fire Protection & Safety
Technology program. He
attended Salem State
College for a bachelor
degree and since then has
used his education and
training to work as an
EMT and a dispatcher at
Salem Fire Department,
and has also started his
own company, When
Seconds Count.
When Seconds
Count is a training company
that he started in
2000 which provides
CPR/First Aid training
and credentialing for professionals
working in the
field as well as trainings
for the general public,
schools and businesses.
Shawn’s fondest
memory of NSCC’s fire
safety program is the
attention that the faculty
gave students. He recalls
receiving individualized
attention and says his
professor and advisor
Frank Ryan was instrumental
in helping him
with career and educational
goals- “he had the
knowledge and experience
to be a good
resource.”
Shawn has maintained
his connection
with NSCC by teaching
as an adjunct faculty
member here
and serving on the
A l u m n i
Association Board
to raise scholarship
funds for
NSCC students
and alumni.
Shawn was
Alumni Board
President for two
terms and views
these activities as
an opportunity to
give back to the college
that has assisted him in
meeting his academic and
career goals. Shawn
Lerner ’91 is pictured
with one of his CPR training
mannequins.
Faces In The Hall
This issue we asked students what they plan to do after graduation.
BY KYLE DONOGHUE
Abdikher Farah also plans
on going to Salem State to
pursue a bachelor’s degree
in history. When I asked
Abdikher what specific history
he was planning on
studying he said, “Well you
probably don’t want to pick
your specific degree until
you get your masters, so I
will be basically studying
world history until then.”
Over the summer Abdikher
is going to be a businessman
working for the committee
for Boston Public
Housing and he will be
looking for a second job as
well.
Aguste Noel, like many other
Associate degree students,
plans on continuing his education
once he leaves North
Shore. Aguste is finishing up
his Business Administration
degree and planning to go to
Salem State and pursue a
Business Management degree.
For his immediate plans for
the summer Aguste said, “I
plan on working for the outward
bound program at Salem
State College.”
Andrew Gilfillan plans on
going to Salem State or one of
the state schools here in
Massachusetts to finish his
degree in History. Andrew said,
“I have been told that with the
classes I have taken here at
North Shore, I will be a second
or third year student once I get
to Salem State. Then once I finish
there, I plan on going back
to my Almamater, Saugus High
School to teach history for my
career.”
Con-graduations
Andrew Nieman is finishing
his business management
degree this year and has immediate
plans for his own landscaping
business out of
Swampscott called Any Season
Landscaping. When I asked
Andrew what he was going to
do specifically, he replied, “I
want to focus on making my
business bigger and more profitable
by adding a few more
clients.” Even though Andrew
is graduating, he still is planning
on coming back to North
Shore to finish his Horticultural
degree next semester.
Jason Madruga has been
a busy man inside and outside
North Shore. While
Jason has got his Liberal
Arts degree, he also is
receiving a certificate in
criminal justice, working
at B.M.W. of Peabody and
coached his own youth
boy’s soccer team. Now
that Jason is finished here
at North Shore, his busy
schedule is far from over.
Jason said, “I plan on
going to Salem State to
study Sports Management
and also minor in Business
Management.”
Class of 2008!
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