001we'll check back outside it was between east stroudsburg and fdu i don't know which one he chose so we'll we'll follow up and we'll get back to you all right moving right along to students who will be attending hbcus here to speak for a few minutes about her experience attending hampton university is one of our assistant principals miss jarrett all right guys good morning i can't see anything i can't see anything test test all right i can't see anything so i don't know where everyone is sitting i want to say congratulations to everyone this is my favorite time of the year because i know that you guys are graduating and moving on and the world is out there for you to explore i did attend hampton university historically black college and university once i stepped
002on the campus of hampton i knew that it was for me it felt like home immediately and i am so happy with my decision that i'm always going to be an advocate for hbcus i know several period i know several of you i know several of you are moving south that's one of the things that i would say i fell in love with the weather i well i like new jersey but as soon as i go back to virginia it's like a different a different atmosphere so if you're moving to north carolina maryland morgan state howard elizabeth city state bowie university clark atlanta and university of maryland east ensure best of you best of luck to you one of the things i will say that in your experience as an hbcu alumni you will definitely
003make lasting friendships wherever you go doesn't matter which hbc hbcu attend when you go somewhere and you just let people know you went to an hbcu it's like you've gained another family member so i hope that you guys also feel the same when you get your degree another thing that i hope that you guys understand is that when you go to an hbcu there is a rich tradition there and you are carrying on the legacy if you if you're not sure hbcus were established after for the most part the civil war when a lot of institutions would not accept persons of color and even your native americans so at hampton we have or we had a strong native american population as well so you will definitely be part of a legacy and you'll be carrying
004on a tradition of just what it means to be an hbcu grad this next set of recommendations is for anyone moving on when you get to college you're going to have so much freedom and responsibility at the same time i hope that you get your system early find your rhythm and understand that once your professors give you your syllabus you have been told okay if you don't read it that is your problem because you've been told so i hope that you understand that early on make sure you establish a a dedicated note-taking system uh first few days of class you're not going to know how do i organize and that was one of the things i had a friend show me how to organize my notes and it just carried me through the four years
005so you definitely have to have a a serious note-taking system otherwise you're going to be all over the place there may be times where you're going to question whether or not you belong you're going to sit in class and you're going to hear people and they may sound like a genius and they may be but you are deserving and if you're not sure what to do you ask someone so don't be afraid don't feel like what am i gonna do i don't be long you do belong you're more than qualified you're deserving okay make sure you take good care remember no one's going to be there to wake you up some cases you don't have to go to class so make sure you take good care make sure you're eating well working out whatever it
006is for you but make sure you take good care get involved early that was i would say a regret of mine i really didn't get involved till my senior year missed out on a lot but definitely get involved early and then finally have fun the four years will go by fast you're going to recognize it you're getting your college degree so please enjoy experience that's all i have all right our first senior who will be attending at hbcu next year is dante hall johnson dante will be attending elizabeth city state university in north carolina to play football and study business next up we have nazira harrell not zero will be attending the university of maryland eastern shore in princeton and maryland where she plans on studying criminal justice and sociology congratulations elsewhere in maryland we
007have two seniors who will be attending bowie state university in prince george's county first up morris glover [Applause] morris decided to attend bowie based on the fact that he has cousins and family friends who live near the campus he plans on studying marketing he's already earned a scholarship since solar landscape joining morris at bowie state will be jakaya higgins [Applause] jakaya felt like attending an hbcu would be the best experience for her she plans on studying psychology because she cares a lot about the mental health of her generation we have two students who plan on attending clark atlanta university in georgia next fall first up please welcome dante ceruti dante decided on clark atlanta because he has family in georgia and he wanted to attend an hbcu that offered his major of criminal justice joining
008dante clerk atlanta will be cr sierra martin sierra always wanted to move out of state she knew she didn't want to stay in new jersey so she only applied to southern state colleges sierra plans on majoring in business administration and finance with the minor in economics two members of the class of 2022 will be attending howard university in washington dc the first student is amani ellis [Music] amani always wanted to attend howard and she is looking forward to majoring in political science joining amani at howard is makaya queen makaya plans on studying health science at howard university finally we have four students who will be attending morgan state university in baltimore maryland first up we have kenji white kenji plans on studying nursing at morgan state university [Music] also attending is kamora dixon kamore made
009her decision just by talking to others about college she also plans on studying nursing joining kamora is markai johnson [Music] markhai chose morgan state after considering all of her options and choosing what was best for her she also plans to study nursing and finally we have zanaya jones [Applause] zanaya always wanted to go to morgan state she credits mr balak's human behavior class for inspiring her choice to major in psychology and minor in sociology let's give it up for all the students attending four-year out-of-state hbcus 44 members of the class of 2022 plan on attending community college as part of their next steps after graduation some will pursue two-year associate degrees and enter the workforce while others plan to transfer to four-year colleges to ultimately complete bachelor's degrees here to talk for a few minutes
010about his experiences and pass along some advice for the senior class is a former graduate of ewing high mercer county community college and the university of delaware please welcome mr angerbrandt [Applause] how we doing this morning um i think i want to start off just by first saying congratulations to all of you no matter what decision that you make no matter what school you go to no matter what you do after you graduate from high school it is a major accomplishment you should all be proud of yourself so give yourselves another round of applause uh so my path i guess as a community college graduate i was an athlete in high school and i was an athlete in high school um so going to community college for me was something that i had to do
011in order to pursue my dream to go play baseball at another school but i do not regret my decision going to mercer county community college at all it's where you finish [Applause] going to community college is a foundation builder for all of you when it comes to the advantages you have affordability you have smaller class sizes you have flexibility you can save money and ultimately you get a piece of paper at the end of it they don't ask you where you went they ask you how you got there and to be able to go from a community college to a four-year school or even go to community college and then go join the workforce you have that foundation already so continue to pursue your dreams you'll get there work hard and again it's not where
012you start it's where you finish thank you mr angebrand okay we are now pleased to recognize our students who will be attending community college next year starting with those attending community colleges around the state of new jersey first up fatima and guy fatima isn't entirely sure where she's going to school or what she's going to study just yet it might be pre-med it might be architecture but says it will likely be a community college in new jersey next up we have frankie martinez [Applause] similarly frankie isn't exactly sure where he'll be going to school next year but he does have plans to move out of viewing and ultimately pursue a college education perhaps in pursuit of becoming a veterinarian [Applause] congratulations our next senior is planning to attend camden county college in the fall let's
013welcome madison woods [Applause] madison is currently undecided about her college major but there's still plenty of time to figure that part out we are now going to move on to the 41 students who will be attending mercer county community college in the fall [Applause] first up jamie allen threadgill jamie is planning on studying communications and perhaps psychology [Applause] next we have ayanna bailey ayanna will be studying psychology to pursue a career as a marriage counselor [Applause] next up please welcome jalen barlow [Applause] there he is jalen plans on studying culinary arts [Applause] [Music] also attending mercer county in the fall will be chris benia [Applause] chris is interested in studying criminal justice and then ultimately transferring to a four-year college [Applause] our next senior is george boyce [Applause] george is interested in studying to become
014a mecha i'm sorry a mechanical engineer or a technician no george okay no george all right next up we have makai bradford young [Applause] mackay felt like mercer was the best fit for him and he plans on studying criminal justice [Applause] deliberate walk there we go our next senior is imani brown imani is going to mercer for two years to study nursing and then plans to transfer to penn state for a four-year degree and route to becoming an ob gyn okay we still celebrate and now we'll move on next up brianna bruno [Applause] brianna plans to study criminal justice at mercer [Applause] please welcome julia campbell [Applause] julia's current major is undecided but that's okay [Applause] also going to mercer will be jordan casey [Applause] here he comes all right jordan's major is also undecided
015[Applause] [Music] [Applause] and our next mercer student is joey saccone [Applause] i believe joey's majors undecided i'm going to double check undecided engineering excellent update the major will be aerospace engineering next up we have cassidy clarkston brecco cassidy is planning to be either pre-med or pre-vet and she looks forward to pursuing her dreams no matter where they take her or how long it takes [Applause] next up please welcome kendall crawford [Applause] kendall plans on going to mercer for two years kendall plans in majoring on how to walk up steps just kidding she's gonna major in psychology and then transfer to bowie state okay all right yes please please please be careful on the steps all right next up let's try this again justin espina rodriguez [Applause] justin will be attending mercer next year to study
016computer hardware engineering [Applause] next up please welcome benjamin fogg safely on stage ben's major is undecided [Applause] next up tyler fowler [Applause] tyler's also undecided on a major [Applause] please welcome ryan gettys [Applause] ryan plans to study computer science before transferring to either tc j or rutgers our next senior attending mercer is marlee skibson [Applause] plans to study marketing to later become a marketing manager [Applause] before we do our next student anaya glover please report to the main office you are headed home okay all right continuing with our string of mercer students ren gonzalez wren plans to study biology right [Music] [Applause] excellent next up michelle grion michelle plans on studying health science because she quote likes science a lot me too me too michelle excellent choice [Applause] next up aaliyah harrison [Applause] aaliyah plans
017to major in psychology [Applause] there she is right alia wonderful wonderful all right please welcome tyrone hill the third [Applause] tyrone is currently undecided on a major so he figured it made sense to save some money while figuring out before he transferred somewhere else do you not say that accounting oh my goodness tyrone is determined to be an accountant [Applause] okay next up anaya jenkins [Applause] anaya plans to start at mercer before transferring to another college in new jersey and she plans to become an elementary school teacher [Applause] our next student is giovanni johnson jr geo will be studying civil engineering okay we'll move on all right next up we have ashanti jelly [Applause] ashanti's dream is to become a police officer and after mercer she plans on taking the civil service exam keep going
018all right next up hope kate [Applause] hope plans to go to mercer for two years to get a degree in real estate and entrepreneurship [Applause] ultimately she plans on going to get a masters in psychology [Applause] yeah yeah we'll try this one more time ashanti jolly come on up [Applause] maybe later all right next up kayla kelly [Applause] kayla intends to complete her degree and study to become a dental assistant [Music] [Applause] please welcome to the stage leandra maldonado [Applause] leandra will be studying photography in the fall [Music] okay all right next up is ariana mendoza [Applause] ariana plans on studying nursing or physiology please welcome jayan mims [Applause] jayan plans to study early childhood education and or special education and ultimately transfer to a four year university [Applause] next up alan ordonez chavez [Applause]
019allen will be pursuing a degree in marketing [Applause] our next senior is laney pacerno [Applause] laney will be pursuing a degree in computer science next up we have marilyn pineda gallardo [Applause] marilyn will be pursuing a degree in nursing there she is [Applause] our next senior is sierra reed [Applause] sierra plans on studying business administration next year [Applause] please welcome to the stage to charlie royez now i believe trish was thinking about joining the navy but i think it's mercer for nursing correct yes yes mercer for nursing [Applause] next up please welcome fernando samaran garcia [Applause] [Music] fernando will be studying fashion design and apparel in the fall [Applause] our next student is carlos santos jr [Applause] carlos plans to study nursing you're welcome you're welcome before we do our next student amelia mcfadden please
020report to the main office for dismissal amelia mcfadden for dismissal all right we've got four more immersive students left starting with angelina sarmiento [Applause] angelina's current major is undecided next up autumn solely [Applause] autumn plans to study nursing next year [Applause] next is kayla sylvester [Applause] caleb will go to mercer for two years and then transfer to another university to major in psychology [Applause] and last but certainly not least emma trafford [Applause] emma plans to study art at mercer while also spending the next two years plotting her next move let's get one big round of applause for all of our students attending community college next year [Applause] all right for many of our students the path after high school leads directly into the workforce here to give some perspective on his experiences in the workforce
021prior to becoming a teacher is there a resident expert in all things business related mr pericone [Applause] maybe he's running late he's not here yet too early mr schmiel while we wait on mr pericone do you want to give some wide words of [Applause] a little wisdom a little improv conversation with you today at 2 30. all right congratulations everybody [Applause] couple couple things be safe tonight okay be safe at the prom be safe driving to the prom don't text stay off the phones don't be distracted when you're driving to and from the prom remember remember there's tomorrow and this is just one day and the best advice that i can give you about college or your life after high school is to follow your dreams what you're passionate about find something that you're passionate
022about whether it's medicine okay perricone's on his way so find what you're passionate about maybe it's art maybe it's cooking maybe it's education maybe it's nursing taking care of people whatever you like to do find that and take the next and a couple years to find out what you like to do and then pursue that as your career when i graduated high school i was a lot like a lot of you i was undecided i went to kutztown university undecided and after a year i had to pick a major and i chose political science i thought i wanted to study law and become a lawyer but when i found when i graduated college i found out what lawyers really do and i didn't like that and i decided to take a job working with students
023with special needs at mercer county special services and i loved it and i went back to school at nights at uh the college in new jersey back then it was called trenton state college this was like 1991 and a lot of you weren't even born then um [Applause] so you know you find what you like to do and then i and i i started teaching and coaching and i loved it and you know that's what life is about it's about trying new things and finding what you love and doing that you know that's the most important thing and the best advice for those of you that are going to college your first semester is going to be the hardest when you get there you're going to have to for the first time figure things out
024on your own your your parents won't be there you know miss jarrett won't be there to remind you to get to class miss cons isn't going to come follow you and get you out of the bathroom [Applause] all right you're going to have to do it on your own [Applause] and listen listen like miss jared said those professors they have classes this just just listen up for one minute the professors especially some of the co you know the classes the larger classes are going to be the size of this auditorium and you're going to have to sit in there and figure it out so the most important thing i think for your first year of college your first semester is really managing your time you're gonna have to manage your time to study you're gonna
025have to manage your time to get to class to eat to have fun all that's gonna you're gonna have to create a schedule for yourself here in high school you the schedule is given to you you know you have class school starts at 7 45 you stroll your seniors stroll in around 805 usually but in college you're going to be missing 20 minutes of class if you do that so schedule your classes at times you know like if you're a morning person you like to be up early schedule them in the morning if you're an afternoon person schedule them in the afternoon but get yourself a schedule and a routine because that's going to be probably the most important thing for you as you move ahead is mr perricone here okay all right so i'm
026going to turn it over to mr parrakone he's going to give you some advice about the workforce and let's give him a big round of applause [Applause] what's going on guys i'm happy to be here to talk to you before you guys all graduate and um i just want to give a little bit give me a little bit of applause how many people had me during high school for a business class all right so you guys all know that um i ran my own business and i do teach uh at graduate school and undergraduate school at centenary college up in hackettstown and i'm here to talk to you guys about a pretty important issue that employers have in 2022 and it really comes down to professional development so do you guys know the difference between
027hard skills and soft skills all right i hear yes i hear no this is what i want you guys to really focus on during the summer time you know understand that your soft skills and hard skills are really what employers are looking for all right so once you identify what they are understand what needs to be improved that's that's my advice to you over the summer time so let me for those of you that don't know hard skills they're part of the skill set that's required in the job so when you get a job you know you went to school you have training you have specific skills that's what you're hired to do so either you know coding you know product management skills you have digital marketing skills those are the hard skills in the
028other term we have something called soft skills this is where employers say that their employees are lacking they're lacking soft skills and i can see the scot the soft skills being lacked here at the high school all right so what are soft skills they're non-technical skills that relate to how you work they include how you interact with your colleagues with your peers how you solve problems how you manage your work mr shamil is talking about getting on time time management i mean time management are you handing things on time are you meeting the projected time schedule are you showing up to work on time soft skills are you a self-motivator all right what motivates you if you've had my classes we talked about these things are you a good problem solver are you a good
029critical thinker can you resolve conflict these are all soft skills do you know how to negotiate how many people know how to negotiate okay so keep in mind guys these are just some of the things are you a good leader so you know work on your soft skills and if you don't know what they are guys you see soft skills are like like your personal skills how do you relate with people you know and you know i have a little bit of i had a presentation that i was going to do but um you know here's some hard facts all right employers these are hard facts guys so listen up employers can teach you hard skills but employers expect you to know soft skills soft skills really can't be taught all right you could take
030classes and you could try to improve on them but a lot of times it's from within and this is what i want you guys to remember generally people lose their jobs due to the lack of soft skills all right so when we look at uh some of the following things that i have here is this you listen to what i'm saying and see if this is you do you possess this do you have the ability to work as a team