SALEM — Salem State College held its graduate school commencement exercises and awarded 690 graduate degrees during a ceremony in the college's O'Keefe Center last night.
The commencement speaker was Charles Baker, president and CEO of Harvard Pilgrim Health, and he was also the recipient of an honorary degree.
The following local students are among this year's graduates:
Beverly
Paula Ajemian, Sarah Antoniello, Kathleen Bissell, Tara Brophy, Sivawong Bunnalai, Kate Carlow, Kathleen Clune, Kara DeSalvo, Lauren Donnell, Stacey Durand, Walter Elicker, Catherine Frost, Heidi Gorton, Craig Hovey, Paul James, Jolene Lang, Lisa LeBlanc, Robert Letourneau, Patricia Marcus, Gina Mattson, Steven McCarthy, Marie Mealey Wilson, Alison Meirowitz, Andrew Morrison, Alois Mureithi, Amy Prodanas, Karen Sullivan, Wendy Taylor, Jessica Theriault, Stephanie Valentine, Amy Veling and Tara Zimmerman
Boxford
John Puffer
Danvers
Jennifer Bingham, Crystal Brennan, Margaret Bridgeo, Sharon Burrill, Sarah Cronan, Marc Feldman, Jenny Forgione, Jodi Gennodie, Craig Labastie, Nicole Lamar, Janice LeBel, Marycruz Lopez, James Lovell, Brian McCarthy, Sharon Ozereko and Kelly Tassinari
Ipswich
Kali Adamo-Martin, Jane Dubrow, Fiona Finch, Andrew Hofmann, Melissa McKinnon, Daniel Poranski, Zachary Roy, Leigh Shea and Christian Woodbury
Manchester
Charlotte Calnek, Petra Dawson, Kathleen Holt, Starry Joseph and Marion Powers
Marblehead
John Dana, Pamela Farrar, Kristen Jalbert, Brigitte Karns, Christine McCarriston, Megan McCauley, Barbara McKinley and Joan Murphy
Middleton
David Abbott, Stacy Dascoli, Lisa Emma and Susan Magrath
Peabody
Caitlin Bird, Nancy Charest, Shanna Comeau, Stephanie Couillard, Stephanie Cox, Anthony DiCologero, Brandi Ditch, Bridget Driscoll, Jennifer Fitzgerald, Jennifer Fucci, Jill Girard, Garrett Greer, Kelly Hollinhead, Amy Kolodziej, Emily Krapish, Virginia Lebel, Melissa Levine, Candace MacCallum, Scott Marcoulier, Deborah McGowan, Chrissa Pissios, Meghan Reilly, Christian Ruelle, Maria Shanahan, Patrick Shirley, Sophia Stamos, Patrisha Toxey, Cynthia Tramonte, Michael Vella and Jonathan Wettstone
Salem
Jennifer Allen, Geoffrey Ames, Christopher Beluschak, Katherine Bouffard, Daniel Bradshaw, Sandra Buntemeyer, Heather Burke, Colleen Callahan, Beverly Carstairs, April Carstairs, Meeyoung Choi, Margaret Cornacchio, Michelle Fortado, Scott Froeschl, Ana Gauzzi Salles, Shawn Gebhardt, Debra Glabeau, Karen Goodno, Jonathan Ihle, Christian Kunciw, Rebecca Light, Gregory Lowe, Douglas Madore, Fatbardha Male, Kimberly Martineau, Norma Miaskiewicz, Michelle Michaud, Elena Moreira, Rebecca Mores, Alicia Nevárez, Monique Osgood, Jessica Patten-Burrell, Kerrianne Pearson, Aaron Reid, Sharon Rivers, Matthew Tangney, Amanda Torosian, Alexandra Vanarsdale, Susan Veligor, Wangui Wachira, Jennifer Walker, Sun Wanapha, Jessica White and Jon Workman.
Swampscott
Susan Booras, Kimberly English, Lucille Freddo, Debora Kennedy, Dennis King, Jr., Mary Ronan, Pamela Shorr and Patricia Woods-Georges
