Bedford Hills College Program 2010 Commencement
On May 27, the Bedford Hills College Program (BHCP) held commencement exercises at the Bedford Hills Correctional Facility for Women. Graduates' families, BHCP supporters, faculty, administrators and students from Marymount Manhattan College (MMC) attended the ceremony to celebrate the academic achievement of BHCP students. With the cooperation of a consortium of New York area colleges, MMC presented one Bachelor of Arts degree and seven Associate of Arts degrees. Tracey Finkle was named valedictorian and Brian Fisher, Commissioner of the Department of Correctional Services, was invited as the guest speaker. Deborah Soule, who graduated f rom the BHCP in 2003, was recognized with the first Theadora Jackson Service Award. Marymount Manhattan has served as the degree-granting institution for the program since the spring of 1997, and has managed its operations since late 2004. The BHCP offers non-credit college-preparatory courses in writing and math, as well as credit-bearing courses leading to Associate of Arts and Bachelor of Arts degrees. To date, MMC has conferred more than 110 associate and bachelor's degrees to BHCP students since the programs inception.
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