Graduation stories trickling in...

So far, here are some of the stories we'll be distributing around commencement time:

Nutrition major Matthew Kavanagh: when he was three years old, he was hit by a car and remained in a coma for almost one month due to severe brain trauma. His family, including mother Denise, a nurse (and nursing professor here), was given very little hope for a recovery. He miraculously survived, slowly recovered, and eventually came to La Salle where he participated on the track and field team and has done well academically.

Accounting evening student Gina Sacco: Gina originally began as an accounting major at La Salle in 1991. After completing one semester, she had to withdraw due to family issues and began working full-time. Gina returned to La Salle again, taking classes from 1998 to 2003, but now married with a family and financial obligations, she withdrew again. She returned to La Salle in 2010 as a full-time evening student. Having earned a 4.0 GPA in her major, Gina is two-time recipient of the Charlotte Newcombe Scholarship, a recent inductee into Beta Gamma Sigma, and she has achieved a cumulative GPA that will award her the distinction of Maxima Cum Laude upon graduation. Gina is also a recent recipient of a 2012 Becker CPA Review Course Scholarship; she intends to sit for the CPA exam by year end and plans to continue coursework at La Salle University towards earning both an MBA in Finance and CPA licensure.

Finance professor Joshua Buch has taught three generations from one family.

A mother/daughter pair are receiving their graduate degrees together.

The oldest grad I know of is 70 years old: he served 39 years in the Army and his four children, who graduated from Penn, Drexel, Johns Hopkins and Oxford told him, Dad, now it's your turn. He's majoring in Criminal Justice.