Madison College Commencement

media release: The Class of 2023 will graduate a new field of nurses, nursing assistants, and EMTs---those programs having the largest number of graduates this fall. Liberal arts transfers are also in high numbers in Madison College’s 2023 fall grad class.

Class Speaker Emily Dolan returned to Madison College during the pandemic to complete her RN degree through the college’s unique bridge program for licensed practicing nurses to become registered nurses. Dolan’s higher education path wasn’t linear; she started Madison College in 2007, took a break to join the workforce and start a family, and then returned to Madison College. It wasn’t easy balancing studies and caring for her family, but Dolan says her two young sons will have a better life thanks to her investment in her future. She’s already accepted an RN residency position at University Hospital Cardiac ICU.