I wish to extend my heart felt congratulations to the 2012 graduates of our Applied Linguistics program! Having gone through the program myself, I know that it is concurrently difficult, but also very rewarding, and reaching that finish line is only the beginning!
Last night, at the department dinner, I had the pleasure to meet in person and have a quick chat with Noé, Adrienne and Adriana who have come to Boston for the commencement ceremony. Even though I am the new guy on the applied linguistics team, it was really great to online colleagues in person and I hope to see see you at graduation today (I'll be floating around :-) )
Also, on behalf of the Applied Linguistics Department and the online faculty, I am very happy to announce that Alison Howard has been awarded the 2012 Outstanding Online Student Award. Since Alison began in the Applied Linguistics Program in 2010, she has consistently impressed us all with her high degree of commitment to her studies and to our online community of scholars. Considering her academic record, it does not surprise any of us that she should be leaving the program with a High Pass on the capstone exam. Please join me in congratulating Alison!
In the past, out Ning profiles have only indicated whether you are an online, or on-campus student. Starting today, I have added another category, Alumn! If you have graduated, please feel free to update your profile to indicate that you are an alumna or alumnus! Also, please join our Alumni sub-group on ning, and, if you want, check out our Alumni group on LinkedIn. It is true that in the past our Alumni groups have been dormant, however I do hope that we can keep in touch, see you back here and on LinkedIn!
Again, congrats to my fellow alumns (and keep posted for photos of the ceremony!)
AK
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