{"id":8192,"date":"2016-06-13T18:24:10","date_gmt":"2016-06-13T22:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mdcthereporter.com\/?p=8192"},"modified":"2021-05-11T14:31:06","modified_gmt":"2021-05-11T18:31:06","slug":"thousands-celebrate-at-mdc-graduation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/thousands-celebrate-at-mdc-graduation\/","title":{"rendered":"Thousands Celebrate At MDC Commencement Ceremonies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For Raquel Martinez, graduation seemed impossible this past January.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The 20-year-old Honors College student at Wolfson Campus was diagnosed with B-cell lymphoma. She endured grueling, week-long chemotherapy sessions to fight the cancer while juggling five classes this past spring semester.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On April 30, the vivacious scholar was one of more than 14,<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">000 students who graduated from Miami Dade College. Five graduation ceremonies took place throughout the day at the James L. Knight Center and the Kendall Campus Gymnasium. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI\u2019m glad I managed to come this far and graduate,\u201d said Martinez, who will officially receive her diploma at the end of the summer and continue her studies at New College of Florida in Sarasota. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The atmosphere was festive and even raucous at times during commencement, a culmination of years of academic rigor for the graduates. Students danced to the beat of popular music while <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">waving glow sticks and watching funny videos. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More than <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">131 flags were waved onstage, which represented the diversity of the school\u2019s graduating class. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Big screen TVs featured live tweets of graduates using the #MDCgrad hashtag. The hashtag exceeded six million social media impressions throughout the day<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cYou have the power to defy expectations and prove to the world that today\u2019s millennials are tomorrow\u2019s greatest generation,\u201d said Kendall Campus commencement speaker <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Javier Palomarez, President and CEO of the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Other speakers included <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdcthereporter.com\/the-changing-face-of-america-is-becoming-more-hispanic\/\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Julian Castro<\/span><\/a>, entrepreneur and <a href=\"https:\/\/emergeamericas.com\/\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">e-Merge<\/span><\/a> founder Manny Medina, Chairman of the Miami-Dade County Commission Jean Monestime, and newly appointed Medical Campus President Mark Everett.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Graduates reminisced, recalling their challenges and struggles. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe sleepless nights were the worst part,\u201d said Melissa Registe, who took seven classes each semester at the Hialeah Campus while working two part-time jobs,<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> o<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ne at the admissions and registration department on campus and the other at a pharmacy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the end, her will to get an education won. Registe, 29, graduated with a bachelor\u2019s degree of applied science in business supervision and management. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Medina, who served as the commencement speaker at the InterAmerican and Homestead Campuses\u2019 graduation ceremony, reminded students of the importance of having the will to succeed and how it can lead them. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI wouldn\u2019t be here today addressing you if it wasn\u2019t for Miami Dade College,\u201d Medina said. \u201cWhat you have accomplished today is really the beginning of a very, very successful life.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Staff writers Alexander Aspuru and Zayrha Rodriguez contributed to this report. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For Raquel Martinez, graduation seemed impossible this past January. 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