Franklin Pierce University Announces 2023 Honorary Degree Recipients and Honorable 沃尔特·R. 彼得森公民领袖奖
2023年4月4日
史蒂文V. Camerino,博士. 布朗蒂雅 麦克奈尔和JerriAnne Boggis(图左至右) 在大学第五十八届毕业典礼上庆祝
Franklin Pierce is 请d to announce it will be awarding two honorary doctorate 学位和尊敬的沃尔特R. 彼得森公民领袖奖作为学校的一部分 第58届毕业典礼将于5月13日星期六举行.
This year’s honorary degree recipients are prominent attorney and business executive 史蒂文V. 卡梅里诺博士和领先的多元化、公平和包容学者. 布朗蒂雅 麦克奈尔. In addition, writer, educator, and community activist JerriAnne Boggis will 接受沃尔特·R. 彼得森公民领袖奖,以新罕布什尔州命名 distinguished 72nd governor and the second president of Franklin Pierce University.
“Through this year’s honorary degree and Peterson Award recipients, we celebrate distinguished 83岁的金姆·穆尼(Kim Mooney)说. 他们的工作是 the key issues of our time speaks to our commitment to educating agents of change 谁是尽职尽责的公民.”
Mr. Camerino served on the Franklin Pierce University Board of Trustees from 2012 2016年至2019年担任董事会主席. 作为行政长官 Officer of McLane Middleton, he is responsible for overseeing the operational, financial marketing, and human resource functions of the firm, and works closely with the firm's 管理团队的日常运营和战略规划. Camerino之前 served as President/CEO of New Hampshire Electric Cooperative (NHEC), a consumer-owned electric utility that provides service in 118 communities throughout New Hampshire. Prior to joining NHEC, Camerino was a shareholder and director with McLane Middleton for more than 30 years, where he was Managing Director of the firm’s Concord office and chaired the firm’s Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications Practice Group. 除了 Franklin Pierce, Camerino has been involved in a leadership role in numerous non-profit organizations over the years, including serving for many years as President of New Hampshire 法律 Assistance and 法律 Advice and Referral Center, both of which serve 低收入客户. 1999年,他获得了新罕布什尔州律师协会的L. 乔纳森 Ross Award for 法律 Services to the Poor and has been listed for many years in The Best Lawyers in America and in Super Lawyers in the energy and public utilities field.
“A top legal mind in energy and utility management, Steve Camerino’s professional accomplishments are complemented by his commitment to ensuring that the organizations he has worked for are engaged in and support the communities where they do business, including ensuring that underserved members of those communities have access to vital 法律服务,”穆尼校长分享道. "作为富兰克林的前任主席和成员 Pierce Board of Trustees, his efforts on behalf of our institution have set us on 一条通往长期成功的道路.”
Dr. 布朗蒂雅 麦克奈尔 is one of the nation’s top higher education diversity, equity, 包容学者. 她是多元化,平等办公室的副主席, and Student 成功 and Executive Director for the Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation (TRHT) Campus 中心 at the American Association of 大学 and Universities (AAC&U) 在华盛顿特区. 她负责监督资助项目和AAC&U的持续项目 on equity, inclusive excellence, high-impact practices, and student success. 麦克奈尔 指导AAC格式&U’s Summer Institutes on High-Impact Practices and Student 成功, and TRHT Campus 中心 and serves as the project director for several AAC&你计划. She is the co-author of From Equity Talk to Equity Walk: Expanding Practitioner Knowledge for Racial Justice in Higher Education (January 2020) and Becoming a Student-Ready 大学:引领学生成功的新文化(2016年7月). 2020年3月, Diverse: Issues in Higher Education named 麦克奈尔 one of thirty-five outstanding women who have tackled some of higher education’s toughest challenges and made a positive 他们社区的差异.
“Dr. 麦克奈尔 is a dynamic and engaging leader at the intersection of diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives and student success,” noted President Mooney. “她在那儿。 the forefront of critical conversations across higher education institutions and beyond.”
JerriAnne Boggis is Executive Director of the Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire, an organization that preserves, celebrates, and honors African-American history in 国家. She is a writer, educator, and community activist who works to correct the historical record on the racial complexity and richness of New Hampshire’s diverse 过去的. She is the recipient of numerous awards, including the 2022 Social Innovation Leader Award in the non-profit sector by the Entrepreneurs Fund of New Hampshire, the Ona Judge Award by the Human Rights Society in 2021, and named as one of the ten most influential women of the century in New Hampshire by the Seacoast Press in 2020.
“Ms. Boggis is a champion for recognizing the Black experience in the Granite State,” 穆尼校长说. “她致力于纪念澳门线上真人博彩公司州的全部历史 celebrating its diversity is a fitting tribute to the legacy of Walter Peterson.”
The honorary degree and Peterson Award recipients will join families and friends in celebrating Franklin Pierce University’s Class of 2023 at their commencement on the Rindge校园.
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