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Wilson College Students Complete Pennsylvania Teacher Certification Program

Wilson College’s popular Teacher Certification Pathways (TCP) program is helping alleviate the national teacher shortage by offering a flexible and accessible path to teaching for anyone with a bachelor’s degree or higher. This year’s class is the largest in over a decade in part because so many people reconsidered their life goals during the pandemic lockdown and decided to pursue a more fulfilling and stable career such as teaching.

On Sunday, May 15, the Wilson College Graduate Class of 2022 celebrated their graduation. The graduate speaker was Ralph J. Ursillo '22. Here are a few photos of the ceremony. 

The 152nd annual Wilson College Commencement Ceremony was held on Sunday, May 15.

Michael Cerveris, the Tony Award and Grammy Award-winning actor and musician, addressed the graduating class of 2022, as the commencement speaker. 

Here are a few photos from the undergraduate ceremony. 

The days leading up to the Undergraduate and Graduate Commencement Ceremonies were packed with moments of recognition and celebration for the graduating students. 

Here are some photos from the events: Ring in Forward Ceremony, Baccalaureate Ceremony, Combined Honor Societies Ceremony, Nursing Convocation, Teacher Certification Pathways Completers Recognition, Veterinary Nursing Pinning Ceremony, and the President’s Garden Party. 

Wilson will host a reception for Madison Smarsh’s senior capstone exhibition at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, April 27, at Bogigian Gallery in Lortz Hall. The exhibition will continue through May 15, 2022.

From Waynesboro, Pa., Smarsh is majoring in graphic design with a minor in photography. She created a body of work exploring the intersection of type (words) and image for her capstone project. She investigated the range of possibility separating the two components. Smarshwants “to use design and photography to address simple as well as complex compositional designs and concepts.”

Wilson’s 13th annual Student Research Day is Friday, April 29. Experience some of the fantastic research and creative projects Wilson students have done this year with the guidance of their faculty mentors. From treating white nose syndrome in bats and cancer in humans to making campuses safer for all, these students have contributed significantly to our understanding of science, medicine, art, and civilization. The student researchers will present their research live or display it on posters in the library’s Lenfest Learning Commons and the Brooks Science Center.

Michael Cerveris, the Tony Award and Grammy Award-winning actor and musician, will address the graduating class of 2022 at our 152nd annual commencement ceremony Sunday, May 15.

Orchesis, Wilson’s dance company, will host an outdoor community dance concert Friday, April 22, at 6 p.m., featuring amateur and professional dancers from the College and the region. The show is free and open to the public and will take place on the Mistick Quad (rain date Sat., April 23, at 6 p.m.). According to dance professor Megan Mizanty, M.F.A., this is “a celebration of dance throughout the region and the resilience of these dance studios over the past two years.”

The College welcomed Tanya I. Garcia, Ph.D., the deputy secretary of the Office of Postsecondary and Higher Education at the Pennsylvania Department of Education, to campus Friday, April 1. Garcia was accompanied by her colleague Kimberly McCurdy, Ph.D., the Bureau of Postsecondary and Adult Education director.