… one by one, audience members began to stand. Soon, the entire commencement crowd was on its feet, giving a standing ovation as a woman wearing her daughter’s … regalia and clutching a picture made her way across the stage. The woman was Paula Currier, and the picture was of her daughter Nicole, who passed away in … Currier. “The students that she worked with were great. And what really honored my daughter was when they had her funeral; the dean showed up along with three of her …