New England Board of Higher Education » Dannel Malloy http://www.nebhe.org NEBHE Mon, 12 Aug 2013 19:54:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Commencements: Lennox at Berklee, Marsalis at UVM … and that’s Just the Musical Guests! http://www.nebhe.org/newslink/more-commencements-lennox-at-berklee-marsalis-at-uvm-and-thats-just-the-musical-guests/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=more-commencements-lennox-at-berklee-marsalis-at-uvm-and-thats-just-the-musical-guests http://www.nebhe.org/newslink/more-commencements-lennox-at-berklee-marsalis-at-uvm-and-thats-just-the-musical-guests/#comments Thu, 21 Mar 2013 23:13:30 +0000 John O. Harney http://www.nebhe.org/?post_type=newslink&p=17599 Photo of Annie Lennox.

Rebecca Onie, cofounder and CEO of Health Leads, will deliver the keynote address at MGH Institute of Health Professions’ 2013 commencement on Thursday, May 9.

Singer-songwriter Annie Lennox will deliver the keynote at Berklee College of Music on Saturday, May 11 at Boston University's Agganis Arena.

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Rebecca Onie, cofounder and CEO of Health Leads, will deliver the keynote address at MGH Institute of Health Professions’ 2013 commencement on Thursday, May 9.

Singer-songwriter Annie Lennox will deliver the keynote at Berklee College of Music on Saturday, May 11 at Boston University's Agganis Arena.

Richard DesLauriers, special agent in charge of the FBI’s Boston Field Division, will keynote Assumption College’s 96th commencement on Saturday, May 11.

Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy will keynote Nichols College’s annual commencement on Saturday, May 11, at 10:30 a.m.

Bert and John Jacobs, co-founders of The Life is good Company, the Boston-based lifestyle brand, will keynote Bentley Univesity's commencement on Saturday, May 18, at 10 a.m. on the university's South Campus.

Democracy Now! host and producer Amy Goodman will keynote the 2013 Hampshire College commencement on Saturday, May 18, at 11 a.m., on the Harold F. Johnson Library Lawn.

Patrick Awuah Jr., founder and president of Ashesi University College in Ghana, will address Babson College's undergraduate commencement on Saturday, May 18, at 10 a.m. Kip Tindell, chair and CEO of the Container Store, will address the graduate ceremony at 2:30 p.m.

Jazz and classical musician Wynton Marsalis will address the University of Vermont’s commencement ceremony on Sunday, May 19, at 8:20 a.m., on the University Green.

Naming Names for Spring 2013 NE Commencements

]]> http://www.nebhe.org/newslink/more-commencements-lennox-at-berklee-marsalis-at-uvm-and-thats-just-the-musical-guests/feed/ 0 Gov. Malloy, Sen. Kerry, Victoria Reggie Kennedy Among Newly Announced NE Commencement Speakers http://www.nebhe.org/newslink/gov-malloy-sen-kerry-kennedy-widow-among-ne-commencement-speakers-announced/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=gov-malloy-sen-kerry-kennedy-widow-among-ne-commencement-speakers-announced http://www.nebhe.org/newslink/gov-malloy-sen-kerry-kennedy-widow-among-ne-commencement-speakers-announced/#comments Tue, 13 Mar 2012 17:28:48 +0000 John O. Harney http://www.nebhe.org/?post_type=newslink&p=12366 American writer, commentator and bioethicist Ruth Levy Guyer will keynote Southern Vermont College's 85th commencement on Saturday, May 12. Working as a consultant for the President's Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues, Guyer is developing a guide for the commission's recent report on unethical experiments conducted by U.S. Public Health Service researchers in Guatemala ...]]> American writer, commentator and bioethicist Ruth Levy Guyer will keynote Southern Vermont College's 85th commencement on Saturday, May 12. Working as a consultant for the President's Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues, Guyer is developing a guide for the commission's recent report on unethical experiments conducted by U.S. Public Health Service researchers in Guatemala after World War II.

Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy will address graduates of  Saint Joseph College on Sunday, May 13, at 10 a.m. under the tent on the college’s West Hartford campus. The youngest of eight children, Malloy holds a law degree from Boston College Law School. He became a prosecutor in Brooklyn, N.Y., served as an assistant district attorney, then was Stamford's longest-serving mayor from 1995 to 2009, before being elected governor in 2010.

Wesleyan University President Michael S. Roth will keynote Eastern Connecticut State University’s 122nd commencement exercises on May 15, at 6:30 p.m., at the XL Center in Hartford.

Salem State University announced that Molly Baldwin, founder of Roca Inc., which helps disengaged and disenfranchised young people move out of violence and poverty, will address graduate commencement ceremonies on Thursday, May 17, at 4 p.m. Massachusetts House Speaker Robert DeLeo will address bachelor’s degree recipients on Saturday, May 19, at 10 a.m.

U.S. Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) will deliver the Mount Ida College commencement address on Friday, May 18, at 11 a.m., on the Mount Ida campus.

Victoria Reggie Kennedy, wife of the late U.S. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, lawyer and advocate for issues that affect women, children and families, will address Anna Maria College  graduates on Saturday, May 19, at 10 a.m., at The Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts.

Emmy and Golden Globe-winning actress Jane Lynch will address Smith College’s 134th commencement ceremony on Sunday, May 20, at 10 a.m., in the campus Quadrangle.

Author Azar Nafisi will deliver the keynote at Mount Holyoke College's 175th commencement ceremony on Sunday, May 20.

National Public Radio correspondent Robert Krulwich, the co-host of Radiolab, will keynote College of the Atlantic’s 40th commencement on Saturday, June 2 Eighty-five students are expected to receive diplomas in COA’s one major, Human Ecology.

Chinese architect and professor Wang Shu will deliver the keynote Rhode Island School of Design’s 2012 commencement on Saturday, June 2, at 1:30 p.m., at the Rhode Island Convention Center in downtown Providence.

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]]> http://www.nebhe.org/newslink/gov-malloy-sen-kerry-kennedy-widow-among-ne-commencement-speakers-announced/feed/ 0 New England Works: NEBHE to Convene Leadership Summit on Bridging Higher Ed, Workforce http://www.nebhe.org/newslink/new-england-works-nebhe-to-convene-new-england-leadership-summit-on-bridging-higher-education-and-the-workforce/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-england-works-nebhe-to-convene-new-england-leadership-summit-on-bridging-higher-education-and-the-workforce http://www.nebhe.org/newslink/new-england-works-nebhe-to-convene-new-england-leadership-summit-on-bridging-higher-education-and-the-workforce/#comments Tue, 06 Sep 2011 17:49:20 +0000 John O. Harney http://www.nebhe.org/?post_type=newslink&p=10336 NEBHE will bring together hundreds of New England higher education, government and business leaders on Monday, Nov. 7, at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston to discuss the role of higher education in preparing the highly skilled workers that will drive innovation in the region.

Presenters and panelists at the New England ...]]> NEBHE will bring together hundreds of New England higher education, government and business leaders on Monday, Nov. 7, at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston to discuss the role of higher education in preparing the highly skilled workers that will drive innovation in the region.

Presenters and panelists at the New England Works conference will explore:

  • What projections say about the gap between supply and demand in the New England labor market.
  • The varied roles of different kinds of higher education institutions in preparing learners for a fast-changing 21st-century economy.
  • Types of degrees the region's colleges and universities producing.
  • How employers regard higher education in addressing labor force skills gaps.

Featured speakers include:

  • U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.)
  • Gov. Dannel P. Malloy (D-Conn.)
  • Jane Oates, Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of Labor
  • Carol Geary Schneider, President, Association of American Colleges and Universities
  • Marlene B. Seltzer, President and CEO, Jobs for the Future
  • Nicholas C. Donohue, President and CEO, Nellie Mae Education Foundation
  • Eric Rosengren, President and CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

Early registration is now available.

]]> http://www.nebhe.org/newslink/new-england-works-nebhe-to-convene-new-england-leadership-summit-on-bridging-higher-education-and-the-workforce/feed/ 0 Conn. Gov. Malloy to Speak at Conference on Growing Economic Divide and Implications for Ed http://www.nebhe.org/newslink/conn-gov-malloy-to-speak-at-conference-on-growing-economic-divide-and-implications-for-ed/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=conn-gov-malloy-to-speak-at-conference-on-growing-economic-divide-and-implications-for-ed http://www.nebhe.org/newslink/conn-gov-malloy-to-speak-at-conference-on-growing-economic-divide-and-implications-for-ed/#comments Wed, 17 Aug 2011 14:11:05 +0000 John O. Harney http://www.nebhe.org/?post_type=newslink&p=10122 Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy will be among speakers at “To Have and Have Not: The Growing Economic and Social Divide and its Implications for Educational Leaders,” a conference scheduled for Monday, Oct. 3, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., at Boston University’s Metcalf Trustee Center.

The conference sponsored by Concord, Mass.-based Maguire Associates ...]]> Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy will be among speakers at “To Have and Have Not: The Growing Economic and Social Divide and its Implications for Educational Leaders,” a conference scheduled for Monday, Oct. 3, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., at Boston University’s Metcalf Trustee Center.

The conference sponsored by Concord, Mass.-based Maguire Associates will also feature Barry Bluestone, dean of the Northeastern University's School of Policy & Urban Affairs; Richard Wilkinson, coauthor of The Spirit Level: Why Greater Equality Makes Societies Stronger; and Jack Maguire, founder of Maguire Associates.

 

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