BERLIN — Speakers at White Mountains Community College’s 52nd commencement exercises Friday described the different paths that lead them to the college. Student speakers Tiffiney Poirier and Alyson Aulich and guest speaker Meg Brown spoke about how their college education was helping them reach their dreams.
It was a point made by WMCC President Charles Lloyd who called the college “this little best kept secret” in his opening remarks.
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