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Honoring Our Graduating Students

Congratulations to Lesley University's Class of 2020! We invite you to celebrate the achievements of our graduates with special recorded messages from President Janet L. Steinmayer, Chair of the Board of Trustees Hans Strauch, and other members of our university community.
 
We look forward to the pomp and circumstance of an in-person Commencement ceremony when it is safe to do so, and in the meantime, we hope you will take a moment to acknowledge the outstanding accomplishments and perseverance of Lesley University's Class of 2020. #Lesley2020

Read news coverage of the virtual celebration. 

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Honoring Lesley University's Undergraduate Class of 2020

Hats off to the graduates from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, the College of Art and Design, and Threshold!

Watch messages for undergraduates here
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Honoring Lesley University's Graduate Class of 2020

Cheers to our master's and doctoral students from the Graduate School of Education, Graduate School of Arts and Social Sciences, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and College of Art and Design!

Watch messages for graduates here
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Messages from Family and Friends

The achievements of our graduating students and the recognition of their families, who have provided invaluable support along the way, are points of pride for our entire university. 

Watch messages from family and friends
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Welcome to the Alumni Association

Class of 2020, we officially welcome you into the Lesley Alumni family. Congratulations!

Watch a message from the Office of Alumni Relations
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Threshold's Graduating Class of 2020

Many congratulations to the 20 newest alumni who have worked hard to earn their certificates from the Threshold Program!

Watch a roll call of Threshold graduates
Class of 2020

Undergraduates

We awarded nearly 550 undergraduate degrees and certificates:
137 are adult learners
20 are Threshold Program graduates
5 are the first graduates from our New Bedford cohort
10 are from the first class of the Interactive Design program
10 are the first class of the Design for User Experience online program
14 are Urban Scholars Initiative graduates
39 began their educational journey at Bunker Hill Community College
1 is working at a scientific research organization on COVID-19

 

Graduate Degree Recipients

We awarded more than 750 graduate degrees:
720+ received master’s degrees, including the first member of our Urban Scholars Initiative
37 received doctoral degrees
Some have presented at national conferences on expressive therapies
1 won a Rising Professional Award in international higher education
1 won a Songwriting Award and recorded a well-reviewed Americana album
4 are the first to graduate from the PhD program in transformative leadership, education, and applied research

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Additional Information

“I’m impressed, and oftentimes astonished, by how members of our Lesley community—and especially you, our new graduates—have embraced innovative ways to learn, to teach, to connect, to create,
to practice their art.”
President Janet L. Steinmayer
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Celebrating the Class of 2020 virtually

Postponed by the COVID-19 pandemic, Lesley lauds its newest alumni online with congratulations from President Steinmayer, local legislators, family, friends and faculty.
Read more about our virtual celebration.
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Online Thesis Exhibition

The 2020 Thesis Exhibitions have moved online! The College of Art and Design present the final capstone work from the Class of 2020.
See the thesis work from our graduates.
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Educator receives fourth Lesley degree

‘Lesley faculty cares,’ says new doctor of education. ‘At Lesley, I had a voice.’
Read more about this four-time graduate.
News

Two Lesley seniors receive Kingston-Mann Award

Wilmer Morales Rodas '20 and Coley Gibson '20 are recognized for papers they wrote in their capstone course for their majors.
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Interactive Design students prepare for creative career force

Our first interactive design cohort looks to ‘big gap’ in design industry
Read more about our graduating class.
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Undergraduate art therapy senior offers ‘Art as Healing’

Amanda Nahodil’s art therapy Zoom sessions offer a place of healing during the quarantine.
Read more about Amanda Nahodil.
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Lauren Pratt ’20

After fire, expressive arts therapy student Lauren Pratt returns to music with 'Young American Sycamore.'
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