Graduates

Nicole Stall boarded the first plane to Maryland she could catch when she heard of Benjamin Boniface's death last June. She was there to grieve the death of a boy she had known since his birth. But also to work. In the days after the 20-year-old's death in an early-morning car accident on the farm, she went to the barns where she had fallen in love with horses as a teenager. “I was completely out of it,” said William K. Boniface, known to most as Billy. “She just went out to the stallion barn, kept it running.

As I write, members of the Class of 2013 at Loyola University Maryland are receiving their diplomas, and I would like to mention one of them. I am a little reluctant to do this, because there have been many able and promising students out of the 600-plus I have taught over the past eighteen years whom I have not praised publicly, but I have a debt of gratitude here. Anthony Medina was the production editor at Apprentice House for my little book, The Old Editor Says . (He was also a student in my copy editing class the semester the book went into production, about which he appeared to be a little nervous.)

WASHINGTON -- Speaking more as a father than as a president, Bill Clinton began to let go of his only child yesterday in a poignant ceremony in which he urged the graduating class of Sidwell Friends School to briefly consider the trepidation of their parents as they send their young ones out into a perilous world."

Michelle Obama encouraged the graduates of Bowie State University on Friday to live up to the legacy of their university's founders and the leaders of the civil rights movement by promoting the importance of education in the black community. "Just think about this for a moment — for generations, in many parts of this country, it was illegal for black people to get an education," Obama told the predominantly black crowd, referring to the period in which Bowie State was founded. "Slaves caught reading or writing could be beaten within an inch of their lives.

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Air National Guard Airman Brett S. Kowalewski graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas. Kowalewski completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness and basic warfare principles and skills. Airmen who complete basic training earn four credits toward an associate in applied science degree through the Community College of the Air Force. Kowalewski is the son of Cathy and John Kowalewski of Jenny Road, Bel Air. He is a 2012 graduate of Fallston High School.

Valedictorian: Sarah Walther Salutatorian: Natalie Boegel Mount de Sales Girl: Bridget Boland Randi Nicole Amoss, Catherine Steuart Amy, Kaitlyn Brooke Anderson, Jessica Catherine Auburger Rachel Marie Baldwin, Patricia Kathleen Basil, Taylor Anne Beaumont, Julie Caroline Betta, Meghan Lynn Blodgett, Laura Elizabeth Bochenek, Natalie Anne Boegel, Bridget Mary Boland, Kaitlyn Kristine Brady Bolesta, Amanda Paige...

Friday's editions included a Q&A with Notre Dame Junior midfielder Jim Marlatt. Due to space constraints, here are some more answers from the Clarksville native and River Hill graduate that did not make the cut. How does a guy from Clarksville and River Hill end up in South Bend, Indiana? There was definitely some interest in staying closer to home. I have four younger siblings, including a little brother I'd love to see a little bit more often. But I think the balance between academics and athletics, just how well they take care of their athletes and making sure they do well in school are what really attracted me there.

Yale goalie Eric Natale doesn't want his dream to become a nightmare. During most of his childhood days while playing for the Gamber recreation program in Westminster, he dreamed of playing in a NCAA Division I tournament game against one of the top teams in the country. He gets to live that out at 3 p.m. Saturday at Byrd Stadium when unseeded Yale (12-4) plays No. 1 Syracuse (14-3) in the NCAA Division I lacrosse quarterfinals. When it comes to offense, there are few teams that can match the Orange, which has five players with more than 30 points - midfielders JoJo Marasco (19, goals, 36 assists)

When Salisbury opened the 2013 season in defense of the national championship it had captured last May, the team limped to a 1-2 start and the thought of advancing to the NCAA tournament semifinals appeared to be remote. At least that was the way coach Jim Berkman saw it. “It was definitely a distant possibility at that time,” he said Thursday after recalling a 13-12 setback to Lynchburg on Feb. 16 and a 7-6 double-overtime decision to Washington and Lee four days later. “But by the same token, they were both one-goal losses and in both games, we had a one-on-one to win the game.

Editor: As summer approaches, many high school students are getting ready to graduate and head off to colleges across the nation. As a soon to graduate college student, who attended our own Fallston High School, I would like to suggest a major that is little known but highly rewarding: occupational therapy.  Occupational therapy was established as a profession in 1917 and has continued to grow to this day. Occupational therapists work with...

Each week, The Baltimore Sun publishes a Q&A with a college lacrosse player or coach to get you more acquainted with the player and his/her team. Today's guest is Notre Dame junior midfielder Jim Marlatt , a Clarksville native and River Hill graduate who leads the team's midfielders in goals with 18 and assists with 10. The Fighting Irish (11-4), who are the second seed in the NCAA tournament, will meet seventh-seeded Duke (13-5) in a quarterfinal Sunday at 2:30 p.m. at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.

Cassandra McKenny graduated from Army basic training at Ft. Sill, Okla., on May 3. She is a 2012 graduate of Fallston High School. McKenny is the daughter of Thomas G. and Brigitte McKenny of Fallston. She is the sister of Marine Lance Cpl. T.K. McKenny.

As a mother, Howard Community College student Sonia Halboni believes she always has her children's best interests at heart, yet she can remember once when her peers didn't concur. When her daughter, Daliah, graduated from Marriotts Ridge High School two years ago and couldn't assemble enough financial aid to enroll at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Sonia suggested she enroll at HCC - where mom was already both a student and an office assistant in the school's science division office.