Yesterday's commencements
ASSUMPTION COLLEGE
Worcester
GRADUATES: 593
DEGREES: Bachelor's, master's, and certificates
SPEAKERS: Ralph McInerny , the Michael P. Grace professor of medieval studies and a professor of philosophy at the University of Notre Dame, and Thomas Plough, retiring Assumption College president
HONORARY DEGREES: McInerny, Plough, Janet Testa, and Monty Plough
BERKLEE COLLEGE OF MUSIC
Boston
GRADUATES: 883
DEGREES: Bachelor's and honorary
SPEAKER: Gloria Estefan
HONORARY DEGREES: Gloria and Emilio Estefan ; Dave Howell Evans, U2 guitarist and songwriter known as The Edge ; and jazz pianist Andrew Hill
EMMANUEL COLLEGE
Boston
GRADUATES: 540
DEGREES: Bachelor's and master's
SPEAKER: Jon Meacham , editor of Newsweek magazine
HONORARY DEGREES: Meacham; Dr. Jim O'Connell , president of Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program ; and Sr. Sylvia Thibodeaux , former Congregational Leader of the Sisters of the Holy Family
MASSACHUSETTS COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS
North Adams
GRADUATES: 328
DEGREES: Bachelor's, master's, and certificates
SPEAKER: Attorney General Martha Coakley
HONORARY DEGREES: US Representative John W. Olver ; Nancy Fitzpatrick , second-generation hotelier and Berkshire County businesswoman; and Stephen Long Jr ., former vice president and executive assistant to the college
president
DEAN COLLEGE
Franklin
GRADUATES: 290
DEGREES: Associate's and bachelor's
BECKER COLLEGE,
Worcester
GRADUATES: 339
DEGREES: Bachelor's and associate's
SPEAKER: David Massad Sr. , developer.
THE BOSTON CONSERVATORY
Boston
GRADUATES: 153
DEGREES: Master's, bachelor of fine arts, bachelor's, conservatory diploma, and graduate performance diploma
SPEAKER: Bill Russell , Broadway composer and director, and Nicholas Paleologos , executive director of the Massachusetts Film Office
HONORARY DEGREES: Russell, Paleologos
EASTERN NAZARENE COLLEGE
Quincy
GRADUATES: 203
DEGREES: Master's, bachelor's, and associate's
SPEAKER: Dr. Jerry Lambert , education commissioner, International Board of Education, Church of the Nazarene
FISHER COLLEGE
Boston
GRADUATES: 118
DEGREES: Bachelor's and associate's.
SPEAKER: state Senator Jarrett T. Barrios
WENTWORTH INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Boston
GRADUATES: 122
DEGREES: Bachelor's and associate's.
SPEAKER: John F. Fish , Suffolk Construction Co.
HONORARY DEGREES: Fish and Robert H. Swanson Jr., founder and CEO of 
