HOLLISTON, MA — Wayne J. Griffin Electric, Inc. (Griffin Electric) recently recognized the latest group of its employees who completed requirements to earn their Associate of Applied Science in Engineering Technology from Wentworth Institute of Technology (Wentworth) in Boston, Massachusetts. Griffin Electric honored the Class of 2024 at a graduation breakfast celebration, the third cohort of employees from the company to have completed the program.
Graduates were presented with their Wentworth diplomas while family and friends cheered them on via a live video stream of the ceremony. The graduating class also includes several employees from the company’s Southeast regional office locations, and each was able to join the celebration remotely and share the moment with their classmates. Griffin Electric gave each student a Wentworth alumni jacket and gift bag to further recognize them for their hard work.
Representatives from both Wentworth and the company, including Griffin Electric President Wayne Griffin, addressed the graduates at the ceremony. Speakers congratulated the students on successfully balancing their schoolwork on top of their full-time work responsibilities, and they reflected on the time and sacrifices it may have taken for them to reach this point. Many students graduated with Latin honors by earning a 3.5 cumulative GPA or higher.
With the importance of continual learning emphasized as one of its core philosophies, Griffin Electric partnered with Wentworth in 2018 to begin offering this associate degree program for licensed graduates of its in-house Apprenticeship Training Program. If accepted into the Wentworth program, Griffin Electric employees can earn an electrical or telecom license and an associate degree with limited financial burden, as the company covers up to 70 percent of tuition costs. Students enter the program having already earned almost half of the required credits needed to complete their degree.
