Castro Valley Resident Graduates from Clark University

Castro Valley CA

13 July, 2021

2:02 PM

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CASTRO VALLEY, CA — Whitney Caouette of Castro Valley graduated from Clark University with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology. The University, in Worcester, Massachusetts, awarded 490 bachelor's degrees, 501 master's degrees, and 10 doctorates this spring. Graduates were urged to ask the hard questions, drive change, and even occasionally stir some trouble. College president David Fithian praised the persistence shown by this year's graduating class in transcending the many disruptions posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. "When you began your Clark journey, you could not have imagined what your junior and senior years would entail. Your grace, resilience, and adaptability throughout has been remarkable," Fithian told the Class of 2021. "While I certainly would never have wished this experience on you, I do believe you may nevertheless extract from it a strength of spirit and resolve that is remarkable, and that may reinforce your own sense of what you are capable of overcoming." James McGovern, United States Representative for the Massachusetts 2nd Congressional District, delivered the Commencement address and urged graduates to speak up for what they believe in, even when it's hard to do so. He stressed that issues like climate change, gun violence, racial injustice, and inequality will never improve unless like-minded people come together to demand change. "When the historians pick up their pens to write the story of this century, I know you'll give them something to write about. That you'll challenge convention. That you'll change our world." In his concluding remarks to the graduates, Fithian told the graduates, "Take pride in who you are and what you are capable of. You have unlimited potential to do good, be compassionate, and shape those around you."