🎓 Meet Graduating Pioneer #WPUNJ2024 Cameron Dockery 🎓: A true example of what being a #PowerhouseOfProgress looks like 💪

🎓 #WPUNJ2024 week is about to begin…

Graduate
📍Rec Center
🗓️ Mon., May 20
🎓12 p.m. /College of Ed/ College of Science & Health
🎓6 p.m. / College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences / Cotsakos College of Business

Undergraduate
📍 Prudential Center
🗓️ Wed., May 22
🎓 9 a.m.

Meet Claire Johnson, graduating #WPUNJ 2024 summa cum laude. An on-campus student photographer for #WPUNJ , who showcased her skills in an Honors College thesis with a photo book about Governors Island. Read more 🗞️ bit.ly/3K4qRYj

🎓 Meet Lisa Dylewski and Maggie DeVelez 🎓:

👉 Both WP Online Students
👉 Both #WPUNJ2024 graduates with a B.A Disability Studies
👉 Both with a 4.0 GPA
👉 Both work in the same elementary school
👉 Both an example of what #powerhouseinprogress means 💪

🧡 #WPUNJ ’s EdD graduate Lisa Sama-Barreto powered through her doctorate while battling breast cancer 👏 “Being in the doctoral program made me focus on it, not the cancer. I was always moving at 100 miles an hour,” she says.
Read her inspiring story 🗞️ bit.ly/3WEMGVO

📣 #WPUNJ President’s Diversity Lecture Series TODAY to Feature Scholar and Activist Hakim Mohandas Amani Williams on ‘Pluriversal Thriving’ 📣

Details here 🗞️ wpunj.edu/articles/news/…

Say hello to our youngest grad of #WPUNJ2024 🎓: Samantha Ramos-Gonzalez

Who at 19 years old will be graduating with a biology/pre-medical major, being the first in her family to earn a college degree. #powerhouseofprogress #firstgen

🗞️ bit.ly/3UXwL3I

Say hello to #WPUNJ2024 Undergraduate Student Commencement Speaker: Michaela Raguseo 👏

Raguseo is an Honors College mathematics major, Pioneers softball team member, math tutor and supplemental instructor on campus 🧡 We can't wait to see you all walk on that stage! 🎓

Honor mom's legacy by following her path, like #WPUNJ2024 's Todd Pettet 💪 With a PR major & music minor, he's continuing his mom & grandma's WP journey 🎓 Three generations strong at wpunj, sharing music & memories 🧡 Share your Pioneer family stories too! #HappyMothersDay

Student researcher presentations! Undergrads Tyler Sanchez and Zubayeda Uddin presented research projects at the William Paterson University Undergraduate Research Symposium and the Theobold Smith Society - NJ Chapter of ASM Spring Symposium.

Meet Jim Schwarz ’24, the eldest member of #WPUNJ ’s Class of 2024 🎓 Proving it's never too late to reinvent yourself 👏 Inspired by his wife's recovery, he pursued a health studies degree. Read his inspiring Will.Power. story 🗞️ bit.ly/3wu3mVi #powerhouseofprogress

🎓 Exciting news! #NJ State Senator Senator Nellie Pou to deliver #WPUNJ2024 Commencement Address & receive Honorary Doctorate on May 22 at Prudential Center. More info: 🗞️ bit.ly/44BChMI 👏

William Paterson University Jazz Studies grad Tyshawn Sorey ‘04 wins 2024 Pulitzer Prize in Music! 👏 Renowned for his innovative compositions, Sorey continues to push boundaries in music.
Read more: 🗞️ bit.ly/4b412mU #PowerhouseOfProgress #WPUNJ

WP Urgent: A Bear has been spotted on campus near Hillside Hall and the athletic fields. Follow safety precautions. Refer to University email for instructions.

🐻 Congratulations to our newest #WPUNJ Pioneers 🐻 and thank you to all who tagged us with #wpaccepted 🧡🖤 we can’t wait for our story to begin! 👏 🧡 Welcome home Pioneers!! #Powerhouseofprogress

WP URGENT: A bear has been spotted on campus near the softball field. Follow safety precautions. Refer to your University email for instructions.

#WPUNJ2024 Commencement photo shoots are in full bloom 🌸 Make sure to tag us wpunj or use the hashtag #wpunj2024 for a chance to be featured 🧡🙌 oh also, just 19 days to go… 🎓

Discover a new course merging history, philosophy, and stress reduction🧘‍♂️ Led by Prof. Lucia McMahon, explore yoga's roots through meditation and postures. Plus, dive deeper with a #WPUNJ 12-credit mindfulness and wellness program launching this fall.
🔗 bit.ly/4a3dJxc

Sorry to cause alarm. It’s just me 👀

P.S.
Jokes aside, please follow official WP Alerts instructions 🧡
#bearalert #wpunj

WP Urgent: A bear has been spotted on campus near the softball and soccer fields. Follow safety precautions. Refer to your University email for details.