A Forum For Royalty

A royal shout out to all of MCC's supporters who helped make this year's Celebrity Forum a regal event all around!

Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York was this year's guest, and brought with her a surprise guest - her daughter, Princess Eugenie, the sixth in line for the throne.

Both of the women were extremely gracious, working the crowd at the event, and chatting up conversations with anyone who came within arm's reach.

The night also featured the awarding of four Celebrity Forum scholarships.  The scholarships were delivered by MCC Foundation Chair Jim Henderson and the Foundation's Investment Chair, David Basile.

All four recipients are part of the college's Connections program, a collaboration with the University of Massachusetts at Lowell.

Shariful Islam of Somerville will be majoring in business administration at the University in the fall. Sok Kruy of Lowell will be majoring in electrical engineering in September.  Brittni O'Brien of Billerica will be majoring in elementary education, and the fourth student, the winner of the Debra Chemelli Evans Scholarship, was Linda Khun of Lowell, who graduated from MCC with honors and will be majoring in business administration at UML.

A near-record amount of sponsors this year helped filled the floor at the Lowell Memorial Auditorium to hear the Duchess' speech about her personal voyage to an authentic life.

Thanks to Kevin Harkins for the event photos.  Believe it or not, plans are already in the works for next year's Celebrity Forum!  Who's it gonna be?  Place your bets and/or tell us your wish list now!