William James College graduate
NEWTON — Ericka Cobos of Paxton has successfully graduated with a Ph.D. of psychology in leadership psychology as a member of William James College’s class of 2023.
Elms College graduate
CHICOPEE — Cathryn Josefiak of Sterling graduated with a master of arts in teaching from Elms College during the May 20, 2023, commencement ceremony. Josefiak was among 440 students who received their degrees.
RIT graduates
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Rochester Institute of Technology conferred more than 4,800 degrees at all of its campuses in the 2022-2023 academic year. RIT’s academic convocation celebration was held in May and featured remarks by Thomas Zurbuchen, astrophysicist and the longest continually serving associate administrator for the Science Mission Directorate in NASA’s history. The following local residents received degrees: Christopher Miranda of Princeton, B.S. computer science; and Nick Renzoni of Holden, MBA.
Roger Williams Univ. graduates
BRISTOL, R.I. — The following local Roger Williams University students received their degrees in May as part of the class of 2023: Brian Carlson, B.S. construction management, Kayleigh Conrad, M.A. special education, and James Sadowski, B.A. journalism, all of Rutland; Patrick Lane of Sterling, B.S. construction management.


