Champlain College will celebrate its next chapter with the inauguration of Alex Hernandez as 10th President
Three days of campus events highlight intent to “Build a Better Future”
Vermont Business Magazine Champlain College begins the next chapter in its 144-year history with the inauguration of 10th President Alejandro (“Alex”) Hernandez. Setting a course to “build a better tomorrow,” Champlain will bring his core values of innovation, inclusiveness and engaged learning to life over three days of conversation and celebration from November 3-5, 2022.
A community celebration, four fireside chats and the official ribbon-cutting ceremony will weave together themes of uplifting people and communities, human in an increasingly digital world, expanding leadership of Champlain in science and what it means to be “Champlain Ready”. Under Hernandez’s leadership, Champlain College prepares students to be ready for work, ready for life, and ready to make a difference so they can build a better future for themselves, Vermont, and the world.
The November festivities will mark the most diverse inauguration the College has hosted, celebrating a diverse group of speakers and Hernandez as Champlain College’s first Latino President. Hernandez’s values of interdependence and inclusive communities will be a common theme represented at these engaging events.
For more information on the Presidential Inauguration, please visit https://president.champlain.edu/the-event/.
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Three days of inaugural events at Champlain College |
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From Thursday 3 November to Saturday 5 November 2022
Melissa Thomas-Hunt, John Forbes Professor Emeritus of Business Administration at the University of Virginia Darden School of Business and former Head of Global Diversity and Belonging at AirbnbFriday, November 4, 7:00-7:30 p.m.
Sarah Kalil, CEO and co-founder of CoreMap,
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Launch Celebration: CCM Building, Champlain Hall/Cour Rozendaal (weather permitting), located at 251 S Willard St, Burlington, VT Fireside Chats: Champlain College Alumni Auditorium, located at 375 Maple Street, Burlington, VT Groundbreaking Ceremony: Argosy Gymnasium inside the IDX Building, located at 262 S Willard St Burlington, VT. Parking is available Thursday and Friday at the Summit parking lot and Saturday at the Rowell parking lot, located off South Willard Street. |
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Due to limited seating, members of the media planning to attend any of the events listed are asked to confirm their attendance to Anna Barbati at [email protected]. A live broadcast of the inauguration ceremony will be available HERE for those wishing to participate virtually. |
About Champlain College: Founded in 1878, Champlain College is a small, private, not-for-profit college located in Burlington, Vermont, with additional campuses in Montreal, Canada, and Dublin, Ireland. Champlain offers a traditional undergraduate experience from its beautiful campus overlooking Lake Champlain and more than 90 residential undergraduate and online undergraduate and graduate programs and certificates. Champlain’s distinctive career-focused approach to higher education embodies the notion that true learning occurs when information and experience combine to create knowledge. Champlain ranks in several U.S. News and World Report “Best Colleges” categories, including Best Worth Schools, Best Colleges in the North, Best Colleges for Veterans, and Best in Social Mobility. Champlain was also listed among The Princeton Review’s “388 Best Colleges” in 2023 and was recognized as a 2022 College of Distinction for its “Commitment, Teaching, Community, and Outcomes.” For more information, visit www.champlain.edu.
Burlington, Vermont, October 28, 2022—Champlain College
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