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April 28, 2022
2022 SUNY Niagara commencement keynote speaker: SUNY Trustee Eunice Ashman Lewin
SUNY Niagara President William J. Murabito announced today that SUNY Trustee Eunice Ashman Lewin will deliver the keynote addresses at the College’s 58th Annual Commencement Ceremony. For the first time since 2019, SUNY Niagara is able to celebrate with a traditional ceremony in-person at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, May 14 in the Main Gym on the Sanborn Campus.
Trustee Lewin was appointed to the SUNY Board of Trustees in February of 2020. Born in Guantanamo, Cuba, Lewin immigrated to the United States with her family in 1967. She holds a bachelor’s degree in sociology from Marymount Manhattan College and master’s degrees in American and Puerto Rican studies, and in educational administration, from the University at Buffalo.
A former commissioner of the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority, Lewin was a founding member of the Roswell Park Alliance and a board member of both the Buffalo Urban League and Hispanics United of Buffalo. She is also a member of the Hispanic Women’s League and the Greater Buffalo Racial Equity Roundtable. Lewin was recently named to the Western New York Health Equity Task Force to help coordinate vaccine distribution for the five counties in Western New York. A retired bilingual social worker for the Buffalo Board of Education, she is a leader and champion for STEM education in the Buffalo Public Schools.
Among Lewin’s honors are the Distinguished Alumni Award from UB’s Graduate School of Education, the Governor’s Award for Excellence in Education, and the National Conference for Community and Justice of Western New York 50th Annual Citation Award. She is a member of the Western New York Women’s Hall of Fame and was named a 2015 Citizen of the Year by The Buffalo News.
Those unable to attend the commencement ceremony can view a livestream of the event via http://www.niagaracc.suny.edu/commencement/ .
SUNY Niagara President William J. Murabito announced today that SUNY Trustee Eunice Ashman Lewin will deliver the keynote addresses at the College’s 58th Annual Commencement Ceremony. For the first time since 2019, SUNY Niagara is able to celebrate with a traditional ceremony in-person at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, May 14 in the Main Gym on the Sanborn Campus.
Trustee Lewin was appointed to the SUNY Board of Trustees in February of 2020. Born in Guantanamo, Cuba, Lewin immigrated to the United States with her family in 1967. She holds a bachelor’s degree in sociology from Marymount Manhattan College and master’s degrees in American and Puerto Rican studies, and in educational administration, from the University at Buffalo.
A former commissioner of the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority, Lewin was a founding member of the Roswell Park Alliance and a board member of both the Buffalo Urban League and Hispanics United of Buffalo. She is also a member of the Hispanic Women’s League and the Greater Buffalo Racial Equity Roundtable. Lewin was recently named to the Western New York Health Equity Task Force to help coordinate vaccine distribution for the five counties in Western New York. A retired bilingual social worker for the Buffalo Board of Education, she is a leader and champion for STEM education in the Buffalo Public Schools.
Among Lewin’s honors are the Distinguished Alumni Award from UB’s Graduate School of Education, the Governor’s Award for Excellence in Education, and the National Conference for Community and Justice of Western New York 50th Annual Citation Award. She is a member of the Western New York Women’s Hall of Fame and was named a 2015 Citizen of the Year by The Buffalo News.
Those unable to attend the commencement ceremony can view a livestream of the event via http://www.niagaracc.suny.edu/commencement/ .
2022 SUNY Niagara commencement keynote speaker: SUNY Trustee Eunice Ashman Lewin
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