Mark Christopher Cisewski Receives Degree from Western New England University

Mark Christopher Cisewski of New Fairfield, CT graduated Cum Laude from Western New England Univeristy with a BS in Chemistry. Mark also gradauted with a double minor in Business and Management.

The University held its undergraduate ceremony on Saturday, May 21. More than 450 students received their degrees. The top fields of study were Mechanical Engineering, Sport Management, Criminal Justice, Psychology, and Accounting.

In his remarks, President Robert E. Johnson referred to the resiliency and toughness demonstrated in the midst of the pandemic, "Your hard work and dedication over the last four years exemplifies your strength, your courage, and your character. You are the essence of possessing an agile mindset with the ability to learn, unlearn, and relearn."

Hailey MacDonald, graduating with a major in English and a minor in Communication, was selected as the graduating student who would deliver the student address. "Since the last time we were together here, back in September of 2018, we've learned. We've grown. We've made friends, we've lost friends. We've accomplished milestones we're proud of, and we've done some things that we regret. We've cried, and we've laughed until we've cried, and we've all become better people because of it all. We've all become better people because we're Golden Bears. And that's the beauty of it," added MacDonald as she addressed her fellow graduates.

The Western New England University graduating class of 2022 hailed from 21 states which were: Arizona, California, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, and Virginia. Graduates were also from Canada.

Western New England University (WNE) is a private, nationally ranked, comprehensive institution with a focus on preparing work-ready and world-ready graduates. Founded in 1919 in Springfield, Massachusetts as a division of Northeastern College, WNE's 215-acre suburban campus serves more than 3,700 students, including over 2,500 full-time undergraduates. More than 47,000 alumni have earned degrees through its 90+ undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs at Colleges of Arts and Sciences, Business, Engineering, and Pharmacy and Health Sciences, and School of Law. Students come from 39 U.S. states and territories and 23 countries. Of 45,104 living alumni, 30% remain within the region, residing in the four Western Massachusetts counties and northern Connecticut.

WNE is classified among nationally ranked universities in US News and World Report, and among the Top 100 Undergraduate Engineering programs, and in the Doctoral/Professional Universities category in the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education.