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DUDLEY, Mass.鈥擲enior James Singletary is a man of distinction who has become a powerful contributor to the life of the 红桃视频 campus and surrounding community.

He arrived his first year focused on football after a successful high school career in his central Massachusetts hometown of Marlborough. It didn鈥檛 take long, however, for Singletary鈥攁 double major in criminal justice management and accounting鈥攖o blaze other trails as a tutor, a writing fellow, and a program coordinator for the Office of Residential Life.

Along the way, he served an internship with the gang unit investigation team at the Worcester County Jail and House of Correction in West Boylston, and volunteered for the local Big Brothers/Big Sisters program.

鈥淚鈥檝e gotten more opportunities here than I ever thought I could,鈥� Singletary said.

Singletary also serves as president of the campus organization Men of Distinction, which he founded during his sophomore year for underrepresented students, with the mantra: 鈥淏rotherhood. Community. Diversity. Respect.鈥�

The group has grown to 37 and offers its members something they may not get elsewhere.

He displays the group鈥檚 emblem on the pocket of the sports jacket he鈥檚 wearing.
鈥淲e define what it means to be a man, to be a minority, to face racial and economic adversity,鈥� he explained. 鈥淭he Men of Distinction are my brothers.鈥�

Singletary has cast an even wider net among his classmates and professors, with whom he regularly connects.

鈥淭he people I鈥檝e been surrounded by have helped build me into who I am today,鈥� he said.

Where he was earlier in life has also made an impact on Singletary, including the time when as a child, when he and his mother lived for a time in a Boston shelter. He credited his mother for her strength.

鈥淚鈥檝e always been taught to seek opportunity out of my comfort zone,鈥� said Singletary, even if he does not always succeed. 鈥淚 believe in failing forward. If I fail, I want to build off that.鈥�