North Attleboro Resident Accepted To Brown University

NORTH ATTLEBORO, MA — A North Attleboro resident and MassBay Community College graduate has been accepted to Brown University in Providence, RI as a transfer student and will begin classes there this fall, said MassBay Community College in a news release.

Josh Dover, who grew up in Phoenix, AZ, worked in construction and took classes at a local community college after graduating high school. In 2003, he joined the United States Army and was deployed to Iraq and Afganistan four times. After leaving the military, Dover and his wife, Laura, moved to her hometown of North Attleboro and he decided to go back to college.

“My friend had attended MassBay, and he spoke very highly of it, so I decided to give college another try,” said Dover in a statement. “I heard it was a veteran-friendly college and the Veteran Coordinator at the time, Marie Hahs, helped me with all my paperwork and walked me through the enrollment process. I was surprised by, and thankful for, all the resources and supports that were available to me at MassBay."

Dover first enrolled in courses at MassBay in January 2020 and became a full-time student in spring 2020. He made the Dean's List every semester by maintaining a 4.0 GPA and was inducted into the Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society. After all his hard work, he will graduate with his Associate in Science later this month and go on to pursue a bachelor's degree in math and physics at Brown.

“I heard that a fellow MassBay veteran was accepted to Harvard University, so that possibility was in the back of my mind throughout my time at MassBay,” said Josh. “I knew attending MassBay could lead to something big. I hope people see what is possible when you put in the hard work.”