Cromwell Native Sarah Bolasevich Graduates From Stonehill College

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Sarah Bolasevich in Nepal last Spring. She will be returning to Nepal this summer to conduct volunteer work

EASTON, MA (05/23/2011)(readMedia)-- Cromwell native Sarah Bolasevich received a bachelor of arts degree from Stonehill College in Easton, Massachusetts on Sunday, May 22.

Bolasevich arrived at Stonehill as a quiet, timid computer science major. Four years and about three majors later, she graduated as a prepared, confident Religious Studies/Multidisciplinary Studies double major. She credits the late Neal Price, director of Stonehill's Counseling and Testing Center, and Religious Studies Professor Mary Joan Leith with helping her to discover her true interests, which includes investigating belief and how it influences people's actions. To this extent, she spent the Spring of 2010 in Nepal examining Tibetan and Himalayan history and culture as part of the School of International Training (SIT) Study Abroad program.

From serving as the student director of the Into the Streets Program to coordinating the College's efforts with the MainSpring Homeless Shelter in Brockton, Bolasevich devoted 500 hours to community service as Stonehill student. This summer, Bolasevich, who speaks conversational Tibetan, will switch her volunteer focus for the summer to Nepal, where she will help implement education programs in a rural village.

In the Fall, she will enter Harvard Divinity School to study comparative religions and ethics while living at the school's Center for the Study of World Religions. From there, she plans to pursue a Ph.D. in mythology and caves/catacombs within the earliest Christian communities as well as within Buddhist traditions.

Stonehill College is a welcoming, academically challenging community of 2,500 students on a beautiful, active campus located 22 miles south of Boston, offering easy access to internships, job opportunities, museums, sporting events, and more. Stonehill's dedicated and supportive faculty mentor students in more than 80 diverse majors and minors in the liberal arts, sciences, and business. Stonehill is a vibrant place where students learn to think, act, and lead with courage toward the creation of a more just and compassionate world.