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Like Mother, Like Daughter A Graduation Celebration x2

May 31st, 2002 | College of Staten Island

Marie and Kelly Payne of Westerleigh will have good cause for a double celebration on Thursday June 6, 2002. The mother – daughter pair will walk across the stage at the College of Staten Island to receive their bachelor degrees together at the College of Staten Island’s 26th annual commencement exercises.
Four years ago, Kelly Payne, [...]

No lazy dog days of summer for one CSI graduate

May 20th, 2002 | College of Staten Island

At six weeks old, Courtney Sue Gross had her first surgery to correct the cataracts with which she was born. She underwent 23 surgeries to correct glaucoma, retinal detachments in both eyes, and various other visual defects, and had lost vision in her right eye at the age of five. After four more surgeries, at [...]