Share Our Strength Founder is Featured Commencement Speaker

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

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Bill Shore to Serve as SNHU’s 2008 Commencement Speaker

Manchester, N.H. (April 28, 2008) – Southern New Hampshire University will celebrate commencement on Saturday, May 17, at the Verizon Wireless Arena. The ceremony for undergraduate and graduate students will begin at 11 a.m.; doors will open at 10 a.m. Bill Shore, founder and executive director of Share Our Strength, will serve as the commencement speaker and will receive a Doctor of Humane Letters.

COMMENCEMENT NOTES:
Time/Location: Saturday, May 17, at 11 a.m. at the Verizon Wireless Arena, 555 Elm St., Manchester, N.H.

Honorary Degree Recipients: Mtangulizi Sanyika, a development and social change scholar-activist, will receive a Doctor of Humane Letters; John Miles, former SNHU chief financial officer, will receive a Doctor of Laws.

Number of Undergraduate Students: 
1,458 (Total undergraduate students who earned degrees in 2007-2008)
997 (Number of undergraduate students expected to attend the May 17 ceremony)

Number of Graduate Students:
1,015 (Total graduate students who earned degrees in 2007-2008.
436 (Number of graduate students expected to attend the May 17 ceremony)

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