A mother and son will be graduating together on Sunday.  West Conn is holding its 121st Commencement exercises.  Among the more than 1,200 degree recipients will be Carole and Chauncey Allers of Wilton. 

23-year old Chauncey Allers was recruited by West Conn's soccer program to help turn the team around.  He says college wasn't high on his priority list until that point, and then an elective in criminology set him on a course to pursue of Bachelor of Science in Justice and Law Administration.  He won several awards in soccer and tennis. 

Carole studied Psychology with a minor in Community Health and is on the tennis team.  She is graduating Cum Laude with 3.66 GPA. 

When asked about attending West Conn with his mom, Chauncey said they never had any classes together, but every now and then would meet for a bite in the Westside campus cafeteria and chat.  They will likely have classes together in the future as both have been accepted into WCSU’s new Master of Science in Addiction Studies program. 

After her husband had cancer, Carole said she realized that she needed to prepare for having her own career.  Her husband and their two other children will be among the crowd Sunday.  Harrison is following in the family footsteps as a WCSU student-athlete. The sophomore plays soccer and is studying Health Promotion and Exercise Sciences.

Commencement is at 10:30am Sunday at the Webster Bank Arena at Harbor Yard in Bridgeport.