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Commencement 2019 was featured in television, newspaper and radio news coverage with many reports highlighting Sandra and Katherinn Murillo, a mother and daughter who immigrated from Colombia and graduated together from William Paterson University. Please click below for a sample of Commencement media coverage:
WCBS TV (Channel 2/New York)https://newyork.cbslocal.com/video/4085855-mother-and-daughter-graduate-college-together/
WNBC TV (Channel 4/New York)https://www.nbcnewyork.com/on-air/as-seen-on/Immigrant-Mom_-Daughter-Graduate-College-Together-in-NJ_New-York-509985672.html
Telemundo 47 TV (New York)https://www.telemundo47.com/noticias/local/Madre-e-hija-se-convierten-en-profesionales-de-la-salud_TLMD---Nueva-York-509771252.html
WCBS Newsradio 880 (New York)https://wcbs880.radio.com/articles/mother-and-daughter-receive-college-degrees-same-day
The Record/Northjersey.comJacob Martínez, the first in his family to graduate college, was highlighted:https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/passaic/wayne/2019/05/15/william-paterson-university-nj-class-of-2019-42-percent-are-first-generation-graduates/1193970001/\
