Carmen Carrión Lucena Named 2025 Undergraduate Valedictorian

Carmen Carrion Lucena is an international senior finance student from Seville, Spain.  CARMEN CARRION LUCENA / COURTESY Grace Cardinal, Editor-in-Chief Senior finance major Carmen Carrión Lucena has been selected as the 2025 undergraduate valedictorian. An international transfer student from Spain, Carrión Lucena has made the most out of her two years at Manhattan University.  Carrión Lucena began her undergraduate academic career at Campbellsville University in … Continue reading Carmen Carrión Lucena Named 2025 Undergraduate Valedictorian

James Washington III Announced as the Undergraduate Class of 2024 Valedictorian

James Washington III, Class of 2024 Valedictorian. MANHATTAN.EDU/COURTESY By Grace Cardinal, Editor-in-Chief James Washington III, an exercise science major and army veteran, has been selected as the valedictorian of the undergraduate class of 2024. Washington will give a speech at the undergraduate commencement ceremony, scheduled for May 18 in Draddy Gymnasium.  Washington came to Manhattan College after an eight-year stint in the army. When he … Continue reading James Washington III Announced as the Undergraduate Class of 2024 Valedictorian

 Jessie Rising Named Valedictorian of the Class of 2022 

Jessie Rising posing for her softball team headshot. GOJASPERS/ COURTESY By Katie Heneghan, Senior Writer Senior Pitcher Jessie Rising of the Manhattan College softball team was recently named the Valedictorian of the Undergraduate Class of 2022. As a student-athlete, Rising has gone above and beyond the expectations of her peers, teammates and professors. In her four years at Manhattan, Rising has accumulated quite the resume … Continue reading  Jessie Rising Named Valedictorian of the Class of 2022 

Kate Bowen Named Valedictorian for Class of 2014

MONICA HORAN SENIOR WRITER Softball team captain Kate Bowen becomes first Kinesiology major to be named valedictorian. It was announced this past week after all nominees presented their speeches to a panel of faculty members that student athlete Kate Bowen would be delivering the Valedictorian speech at the 2014 undergraduate commencement speech. In her immediate reaction to being nominated the senior pitcher and second base … Continue reading Kate Bowen Named Valedictorian for Class of 2014