St. Francis College winter graduates celebrate new year, look toward future
Almost 100 graduates of the Class of 2017 celebrated St. Francis College Winter Commencement with hundreds of family members and friends at St. Charles Borromeo Church in Brooklyn Heights on Monday, Jan. 9.
Interim President of the College Dr. Timothy J. Houlihan began the commencement ceremony with a remembrance of President Brendan J. Dugan, ‘68, who passed away in December.
“President Dugan was born and raised in Brooklyn into an Irish immigrant family. He never forgot his roots and was fiercely proud of being an Irish Catholic kid from South Brooklyn,” said Houlihan. “The college was a place Brendan saw as a home away from home … He saw our community as an extension of his family and worked to create a friendly, caring and compassionate atmosphere on campus as we went about the business of running this college.”
Houlihan added that Dugan would remind students to remember their Franciscan values and continue to create friendly and compassionate relationships in their education, careers and other endeavors.