Rebecca Donovan Graduates from Assumption College

Rebecca Donovan of Charlestown graduated May 11 from Assumption College with a Bachelor of Arts degree.

Assumption College's 96th Commencement ceremony was held on the campus's H.L. Rocheleau Field, where 402 Bachelor of Arts degrees; 161 graduate studies degrees (Master of Arts and Master of Business Administration) and certificates; and 42 Continuing and Career Education degrees (Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Business Administration, Bachelor of Science, and associates) were awarded. Thousands of students, their families and friends, trustees, and other special guests were on hand to experience the inspirational messages delivered by keynote speaker Richard DesLauriers '82, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI's Boston Field Division, and Assumption College President Francesco Cesareo.

Also during the ceremony, honorary degrees were conferred upon DesLauriers as well as two other distinguished individuals: Stephen F. Knott '79, professor of national security affairs at the U.S. Naval War College; and Raymond Lauring, retired president of Worcester-based Lauring Construction.