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commencement is Saturday
Faculty invited to ‘Show Your Colors’
By
Lori Wright, Media Relations
The UNH community will celebrate the accomplishments of 2,500 undergraduates
and graduates at the 134th Commencement tomorrow, Saturday, May
22.
The ceremony will begin at 10 a.m. at Cowell Stadium Field, rain
or shine.
Dr. Mae Jemison, the first African-American female astronaut, is
the commencement speaker.
Granite State Awards will be presented to Donald L. Shumway, president
of the Crotched Mountain Foundation, and Marcia Sink, executive
director of Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) of New Hampshire.
Commencement also will feature the awarding of an honorary doctor
of humane letters to Carol Etherington. An assistant professor of
nursing at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Etherington
was the first nurse to serve on the U.S. Board of MÈdecins
sans Frontieres (MSF USA Doctors without Borders).
Faculty are invited to participate and “Show Your Colors”
in order to preserve the prestige and tradition of the event. The
President’s Office hopes to hear from more faculty interested
in attending tomorrow’s ceremonies. Please respond by visiting
the UNH Home Page and clicking on the “commencement”
button, or go to www.unh.edu/commencement. The commencement Web
site will lead faculty members through the process of registering
for commencement.
Jemison blasted into orbit aboard the space shuttle Endeavour Sept.
12, 1992, the first woman of color to go into space. Now, founder
and president of two technology companies, the space flight was
just one of a series of accomplishments for this dynamic woman.
After receiving a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering
from Stanford University in 1977, and a doctorate in medicine from
Cornell University in 1981, Jemison completed her internship at
Los Angeles County/USC Medical Center in July 1982 and worked as
a general practitioner with INA/Ross Loos MedicalGroup in Los Angeles
until December 1982.
From January 1983 through June 1985, she was the Area Peace Corps
Medical Officer for Sierra Leone and Liberia in West Africa where
she managed the health care delivery system for U.S. Peace Corps
and U.S. Embassy personnel. After returning to the United States,
Jemison joined CIGNA Health Plans of California and was working
as a general practitioner and attending graduate engineering classes
in Los Angeles when selected to the astronaut program.
Jemison completed a one-year training and evaluation program in
August 1988. She is qualified for assignment as a mission specialist
on Space Shuttle flight crews and was assigned as a mission specialist
on STS-47, Spacelab-J. A cooperative mission between the United
States and Japan, the mission conducted experiments in life sciences
and materials processing.
Tickets are not needed to attend commencement, which is expected
to run approximately two hours. Parking is available in lots A,
F, Mast Road and West Edge.
Shuttles will provide transportation from the Mast Road and West
Edge lots. Special services parking is available in B-Lot for those
with mobility impairments.
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