{"id":3859,"date":"2013-09-05T10:05:51","date_gmt":"2013-09-05T15:05:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/onthequad\/?p=3859"},"modified":"2013-09-05T10:05:51","modified_gmt":"2013-09-05T15:05:51","slug":"173rd-convocation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/onthequad\/173rd-convocation\/","title":{"rendered":"173rd Convocation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/onthequad\/files\/2013\/09\/20120914_Cavanaugh_037.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3860\" src=\"http:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/onthequad\/files\/2013\/09\/20120914_Cavanaugh_037.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"280\" height=\"187\" \/><\/a>The Williston Northampton School will ring in its 173<sup>rd<\/sup> year with a Convocation ceremony on Monday, September 16 at 5:00 p.m. This year\u2019s distinguished speaker, <a href=\"http:\/\/northwesternda.org\/district-attorney-david-e-sullivan\">Northwestern District Attorney David E. Sullivan<\/a> will address the crowd of honored guests, students, faculty and staff, community members, and friends of the school. Mr. Sullivan is the parent of two Williston graduates.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Sullivan was elected to the Northwestern District Attorney\u2019s Office in November 2010 and began his term in January of the following year. He\u00a0has been an attorney for\u00a0more than\u00a025 years, serving 17 years as a trial attorney and advocate. He has handled thousands of criminal and civil cases and tried cases in Superior, District, Juvenile, and Military courts.<\/p>\n<p>In 2008, Mr. Sullivan was one of two Massachusetts lawyers chosen to receive the Massachusetts Bar Foundation&#8217;s President&#8217;s Award for &#8220;extraordinary volunteerism, leadership, and commitment to increasing access to justice in Massachusetts.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Following Mr. Sullivan\u2019s speech, the student body president, Madeleine Stern \u201914, will speak and then lead everyone in the singing of the alma mater, \u201cO Williston.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The annual Senior Dinner will be held after the ceremony in the Birch Dining Commons where guest speaker Sara Delano Collins \u201998 will address the senior class and faculty. Ms. Collins graduated from the University of Denver and is now a Senior Product Management Consultant at File &amp; ServeXpress, a division of LexisNexis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Williston Northampton School will ring in its 173rd year with a Convocation ceremony on Monday, September 16 at 5:00 p.m. This year\u2019s distinguished speaker, Northwestern District Attorney David E. Sullivan will address the crowd of honored guests, students, faculty and staff, community members, and friends of the school. 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