UMass Amherst commencement will showcase 2 remarkable local students
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Joanna Buoniconti of West Springfield will receive special plaudits at the University of Massachusetts Amherst commencement on Friday.
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AMHERST For Allison Lepine, it was all about efficiency. The path for Joanna Buoniconti was one of advocacy.
In their own ways, each graduating senior made their mark at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. For Lepine, of Chicopee, and Buoniconti, of West Springfield, it’s now time to apply those leadership skills to society at large.
To say they are ready and eager would be an understatement. They will be among 10 members of the UMass graduating class to be honored as “21st Century Leaders” at Friday’s commencement.
For details on how to view the ceremonies online, visit https://www.umass.edu/commencement2021/.
At 4 p.m. on Thursday, May 13, a graduate commencement ceremony took place at Warren P. McGuirk Alumni Stadium on campus to honor master’s and doctoral degree recipients. Remarks were offered by Chancellor Subbaswamy, Graduate School Dean Jacqueline Urla and two student speakers.
The full slate of undergraduate ceremonies will be held as follows:
9 a.m. – Isenberg School of Management, College of Nursing and College of Information and Computer Sciences
Noon – College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, College of Humanities and Fine Arts and College of Education
Two graduates recognized as Jack Welch Scholars
May 6, 2021
AMHERST, Mass. – The University of Massachusetts Amherst will honor the exemplary achievement, initiative and leadership of some of its most talented and accomplished graduating seniors during Undergraduate Commencement ceremonies taking place Friday, May 14 at McGuirk Alumni Stadium. Four smaller, socially distanced ceremonies will take place at 9 a.m., 12 p.m., 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. due to COVID-19 safety protocols.
Ten members of the graduating class will be honored as 21st Century Leaders at Undergraduate Commencement:
Jason Biundo of Burlington, Mass., is a Commonwealth Honors College student who is graduating with degrees in biology and neuroscience. He was named Residential Life Peer Mentor of the Year. In his sophomore year, he joined the Moorman Lab, a neuroscience lab that studies motivation and addiction, and propelled that experience into being accepted into an immersive summer program in computational