{"id":29971,"date":"2014-06-16T19:00:42","date_gmt":"2014-06-16T23:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom2\/2014\/06\/16\/georgetown-man-earns-deaf-studies-degree\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T16:31:55","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T20:31:55","slug":"georgetown-man-earns-deaf-studies-degree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2014\/06\/16\/georgetown-man-earns-deaf-studies-degree\/","title":{"rendered":"Georgetown Man Earns Deaf Studies Degree"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_8834\" style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/media-old\/2014\/06\/Greg-Rosene-newsroom.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8834\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8834\" alt=\"Gregory Rosene of Georgetown\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/media-old\/2014\/06\/Greg-Rosene-newsroom-200x300.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8834\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">NECC graduate Gregory Rosene of Georgetown.<\/p><\/div>When Gregory Rosene walked across the Northern Essex Community College stage and accepted his associate degree last month, the Georgetown resident knew he had his future in his hands \u2013 literally.<\/p>\n<p>The 27-year-old earned his associate degree in deaf studies: interpreting transfer option. This fall, he will transfer into Framingham State University\u2019s bachelor\u2019s program in deaf studies: sign language interpreter program. The bulk of the classes are held on the NECC campus.<\/p>\n<p>Following his graduation from Georgetown High School in 2005, Rosene elected to delay college and instead work as a carpenter. In 2007, when work became scarce, he explored returning to school. His interest was piqued by the idea of American Sign Language so he enrolled in NECC\u2019s ASL101. He discovered he was ready to transition from creating woodworking to creating language using his hands.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u201cWithin two weeks I knew what I wanted to do with the rest of my life,\u201d Rosene said. \u201cI needed to learn the language. I knew that was the next step and I knew the best way to do that was to get a job where I could use the language every day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He was hired as a direct care worker for a group home for developmentally-delayed, deaf, adult men. After receiving a promotion to a management position, he worked closely with the staff interpreter, who encouraged him to pursue interpreting as well.<\/p>\n<p>The high honors student embraced the collegiate life outside the classroom as well. He was the secretary of the Christian Club, vice president of the Haverhill campus Student Senate, and the representative from the ASL Club to the Student Senate.<\/p>\n<p>He received a writing award for a behavioral science research paper.<\/p>\n<p>Rosene was one of 13 Georgetown residents to graduate from Northern Essex in May and one of nearly 1200 overall.<\/p>\n<p>Other Georgetown residents who\u00a0graduated are:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Andreas L. Giannopoulos\u00a0<\/strong>Associate in Science Business Management<\/p>\n<p><strong> Taylor M. Giusti<\/strong>\u00a0Associate in Science Early Childhood Education<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bianca A. Graffam<\/strong>\u00a0Certificate in Healthcare Technician\u00a0 with High Honors<\/p>\n<p><strong> Susan J. Lastinger<\/strong>\u00a0Certificate in Practical Nursing with Honors<\/p>\n<p><strong> Christopher B. L&#8217;Italien<\/strong>\u00a0Associate in Arts Liberal Arts with Honors<\/p>\n<p><strong> Makayla F. Lucey\u00a0<\/strong>Certificate in Dental Assisting<\/p>\n<p><strong> Sarah E. Neeley<\/strong>\u00a0Associate in Science Early Childhood Education with High Honors<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cathie M. Southwick<\/strong>\u00a0Associate in Arts Liberal Arts: Writing Option with High Honors<\/p>\n<p><strong> Rebecca M. Southwick<\/strong>\u00a0Associate in Arts Liberal Arts: Philosophy Option with High Honors<\/p>\n<p><strong> Cory R. Sullivan<\/strong>\u00a0Associate in Science Engineering Science Cory R. Sullivan\u00a0Certificate in Computer Aided-Drafting<\/p>\n<p><strong> Jessica L. Toomey\u00a0<\/strong>Certificate in Medical Billing with High Honors<\/p>\n<p><strong> Derrick E. Wilcox<\/strong>\u00a0Associate in Science Business Transfer with High Honors<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When Gregory Rosene walked across the Northern Essex Community College stage and accepted his associate degree last month, the Georgetown resident knew he had his future in his hands \u2013 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":164,"featured_media":29973,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29971","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archive"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Georgetown Man Earns Deaf Studies Degree - NECC News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2014\/06\/16\/georgetown-man-earns-deaf-studies-degree\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Georgetown Man Earns Deaf Studies Degree - 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