Alumni News - Thomas More College

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Thomas More College
81st Commencement
May 16, 2009
12 Moreover Summer 2009 T homas More College
On May 16, 2009, three hundred and
twenty three Thomas More graduates
received their degrees in front of
family and friends at the eighty-first
commencement exercise.
Baccalaureate Mass took place at the
Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption
in Covington, Kentucky, prior to
commencement.
The Reverend Al Hirt delivered the commencement address. Fr. Hirt
currently serves as the Pastor of St. Monica-St. George Church Newman
Center in Cincinnati. He has held the position since 1999.
Special recognition included: Mr. Joseph W. Gross, President and Chief
Executive Officer, St. Elizabeth Health System, who received an Honorary
Doctorate of Humane Letters, and Mr. and Mrs. Roy Romes and Mrs. Millie
Faust who received the St. Thomas More Medallion.
Others receiving special recognition are: Full-time Faculty of the Year
Award — Dr. Siobhan Barone, Professor of Biology; Part-time Faculty
of the Year Award — Stephen Thomas, Senior Consultant in the
English Department. Dawna Neil received the Presidential Service
Award.
Eighteen students graduated from the first cohort of the Master
of Arts in Teaching program. The program offers concentrations
in both Middle Grades and Secondary content areas. Of the
eighteen who are graduating, thirteen have positions teaching
in the Greater Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Area, and five are
completing their student teaching this spring.