Providence College Awards Undergraduate Degree to Jaclyn Lahaie During 92nd Commencement Exercises

PROVIDENCE, RI (05/18/2010)(readMedia)-- Jaclyn Lahaie , a resident of Waltham, MA, was among over 950 students from Providence College who received undergraduate degrees during the College's Ninety-Second Commencement Exercises held on Sunday, May 16, 2010. Lahaie received a Bachelor of Science in Accountancy Cum Laude.

The Commencement address was delivered by Emmy Award-winning news anchor Ann Curry of NBC's Today show and the newsmagazine Dateline NBC. Curry, who was awarded an honorary Doctor of Journalism degree, has been lauded for her reporting on global humanitarian issues by tackling subjects like ethnic cleansing in Sudan and genocide in Kosovo, among others. She also has reported extensively on the War on Terror from the Middle East.

Three other distinguished individuals received honorary degrees from the College. They are: R.I. Governor Donald L. Carcieri who has served as the state's 57th governor since 2003; the Honorable William C. Leary, Esq., '60, who retired in 2008 as probate judge for the District of Windsor Locks, Conn., after 37 years; and Dr. Francis R. Trainor '50, award-winning scholar and professor emeritus of biology at the University of Connecticut.

Providence College is the only college or university in the United States administered by the Dominican Friars. The Catholic, liberal arts college has an undergraduate enrollment of approximately 3,800 students and offers degrees in 49 academic majors. Since 1997, Providence College consistently has been ranked among the top three regional universities in the north according to U.S. News' America's Best Colleges.