Naomi Osei-Owasu’s 2019 Worcester Clemente Graduation Speech
lknoles@assumption.edu2019-12-03T16:26:07-05:00I started to say that our class had its ups and downs. Sort of like a roller coaster, but a lot less scary...but then I’m like, well what were the downs? What was even scary? Everything and everyone was uplifting. Being apart of Clemente is like being on an elevator that only goes up.
Celebrate the Holidays by Contributing to Our Annual Appeal
lknoles@assumption.edu2019-11-14T17:07:57-05:00Download the Holiday Letter from the Worcester Clemente Course in the Humanities Here!
Elizabeth Bacon’s Acceptance Speech for WSU’s Binienda Center Community Engagement Award
lknoles@assumption.edu2019-06-05T12:53:51-04:00
Elizabeth Bacon, Community Coordinator Clemente Course in the Humanities, Worcester
Thank you, Mark, for this honor. It […]
Jim Cocola’s Speech Accepting the Binienda Center Community Engagement Award
lknoles@assumption.edu2019-06-05T12:53:52-04:00People-Oriented Engagement
In the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, the word “civic” is defined as follows:
civic (adjective):
of or relating to a citizen, a city, citizenship, or community affairs
In our own time and place, as in many others, […]
Worcester Clemente’s Elizabeth Bacon and Jim Cocola Win 2018 Binienda Award
lknoles@assumption.edu2019-06-05T12:53:52-04:00
On April 4, 2018, Elizabeth Bacon and Jim Cocola received Worcester State University’s Binienda Center Award for Meritorious Service to […]
Jim Cocola Celebrates 2017 Clemente Graduation with “Clementiad Book III”
lknoles@assumption.edu2019-06-05T12:53:52-04:00
The Clementiad, Book III
On the occasion of the graduation ceremony of the Clemente Course in the Humanities in Worcester, Massachusetts, held at the Worcester Art Museum on May 21, 2017
In studying the humanities, should […]
2015 Grad Winnie Octave Leads Successful Drive to Create Neighborhood Park to Provide Safe Space for Community
lknoles@assumption.edu2019-06-05T12:53:52-04:00On Saturday, August 6, 2015 Clemente Worcester grad Winifred Octave proudly presided over the grand opening of Grant Street Park, which she had worked so hard to make a reality.
Kenza Dekar’s 2016 Graduation Speech: Live in the Layers
lknoles@assumption.edu2019-06-05T12:53:52-04:00The Clemente Course meant different things to each one of us, and to me it meant opening a door I closed on myself. It meant that what I thought impossible was within reach.
Joybel Kakaire’s 2016 Clemente Graduation Speech: Hope in the Midst of Turmoil
lknoles@assumption.edu2019-06-05T12:53:52-04:00Clemente calls for soul searching, knocks at the door of purpose in an individual but it is also a turning point in our hope for humanity.