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37 students graduate from MMI MMI conducted its 120th Commencement Exercises on May 24, as seniors were awarded diplomas by Llewellyn F. Dryfoos III ’82, chairman of MMI’s Board of Directors.
opportunities because of the foundation built here. No dream is too big or goal too bold for an MMI graduate to achieve. “Think of an activity or project you’ve been involved with at school. The kind of thing you just loved doing … loved the people around you … and loved being there until the work got done. That’s how you want to feel when you’re following your passion,” she said. “I find we all know what our passion really is. And what I’ve learned coaching thousands, is that your dreams align perfectly with what the world most needs you to do.”
This year’s graduating class of 37 seniors amassed more than $4.9 million in merit scholarships and awards. The 2012 graduating class also attained an average SAT score of 1719, several hundred points above state and national averages. The commencement address was delivered by Maggie Mistal ’91, president and chief executive officer of MMM Career Consulting. Through her career coaching business, Mistal works with clients to help them find employment that is ideally suited to them. She has appeared on CNN 12 times. Mistal was previously the career coach for Martha Stewart Living Radio and hosted her own nationally syndicated radio show for six years on SiriusXM called “Making a Living with Maggie.” She answered listener calls and also interviewed numerous celebrities to inspire her audience to create their dream jobs.
Part of Mistal’s message to the graduates focused on “Make it here, make it anywhere,” a theme she had engraved on a brick leading to the new Joseph A. Turri ’45 Library and Learning Center. During commencement exercises, valedictorian Paul Brasavage told his fellow graduates, “Through the discipline and structure we have learned at MMI, we can now engage in collegiate studies, become experts in our fields of study, and challenge ourselves to answer the world’s toughest problems. The Class of 2012 has learned that education is realizing that there is so much that is unknown, but that ‘the more you know, the less you do not know.’
The Class of 2012
“You haven’t just learned proper grammar or a new language or how to master calculus, you now know how to learn. And you will continue learning and evolving your entire lives. Knowing how to learn makes you adaptable and will make you successful in any career you choose,” she told the graduates. Mistal continued, “From here on out, as MMI alumni, your lives and careers will present bigger, more exciting and more rewarding
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Maggie Mistal ’91 delivers the commencement address.
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