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Soon-to-be graduates honored during First World celebration

BLOOMSBURG, Pa. (12/11/2024) — Eyes are now set on the commencement stage for this group of Class of 2024 members who were recently honored during the fall semester's First World Graduation Ceremony by Commonwealth University-Bloomsburg's Office of Multicultural Affairs.

The bi-annual First World ceremony is celebrated at the end of the fall and spring semesters to congratulate the achievements - academic and leadership - of Bloomsburg's multicultural students at the baccalaureate and graduate degree levels.

First World Graduates include Hakeem Bacon, of Chester; Olivia Carter-Cabrera, of Philadelphia; Hecenit Cruz, of Columbia, Pennsylvania; Shamall Joseph, of Philadelphia; Jordan Rivers, of Philadelphia; and Claire Thomas, of Lancaster.

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HB
Hakeem
Bacon
  • Communication Studies
  • Class of 2024
  • Chester, PA
Olivia Cabrera-Carter’s headshot.
Olivia
Cabrera-Carter
  • Sociology
  • Class of 2024
  • Philadelphia, PA
SJ
Shamall
Joseph
  • Accounting
  • Class of 2024
  • Philadelphia, PA
JR
Jordan
Rivers
  • Bus Admin*Info Tech & Anl
  • Class of 2024
  • Philadelphia, PA
HC
Hecenit
Cruz
  • Criminal Justice
  • Class of 2025
  • Columbia, PA
CT
Claire
Thomas
  • Media and Journalism
  • Class of 2025
  • Lancaster, PA

Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania

Julie Stellfox, Assistant Director of Strategic Communications, jms833@commonwealthu.edu, 570-484-2280

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