Middlesex Community College’s Commencement exercises for the approximately 1,200 members of the Middlesex Community College Class of 2014 will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, May 22, in the Lowell Memorial Auditorium, 50 E. Merrimack St. The processional will begin at 9:30 a.m. in front of MCC’s Lowell campus City Building, located diagonally across from the auditorium.
This year’s commencement speaker will be Hill Harper, award-winning actor, best-selling author and youth advocate.
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Harper starred on the CBS TV drama “CSI: NY” from 2004 to 2013, and recently joined the cast of the USA Network’s spy drama “Covert Affairs.” A graduate of Brown University who also holds graduate degrees in law and public administration from Harvard, Harper is a friend and former Harvard classmate of President Barack Obama.
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The author of four New York Times bestsellers, Harper has also earned seven NAACP Image Awards for his writing and acting. He is founder of the Manifest Your Destiny Foundation, dedicated to empowering underserved youth through mentorship, scholarship and grant programs. People Magazine named him one of its Sexiest Men Alive in 2013.
MCC is one of the largest, most comprehensive community colleges in the state. We offer more than 75 degree and certificate programs, plus hundreds of noncredit courses, during the day, evening and weekend, on our Bedford and Lowell campuses, and online. Middlesex – a great place to begin your future!
