New York Student Gregory Herman Wins Senior Award at University of Vermont Commencement

BURLINGTON, VT (06/02/2011)(readMedia)-- Gregory E. Herman, Jr., a New York, N.Y. (10030) native, graduated with major in psychology and a minor in community and international development from the University of Vermont this May. At the commencement ceremony, Herman was presented with the Elmer Nicholson Achievement Prize, which recognizes a student for whom "emergence" is an overriding characteristic.

Herman's involvement on campus spans a wide array of organizations and programs. He served on the University Program Board, was an intern for the Admissions Office, a building manager at the university's student center for three years, served as the chair of the Student Government Association Committee on Diversity, Equity, and Environmental Ethics, and also represented students on the President's Commission on Racial Diversity. He was selected as a teacher for Teach for America for this fall.

Herman captured his UVM experience with these words: "If there is no struggle, there is no progress." --Frederick Douglas

Chartered in 1791, UVM was the first college or university in the United States that did not give preference to a religious sect in its charter. UVM now has nearly 10,460 undergraduates in seven schools and colleges, 1,490 graduate students and 452 medical students. As a small, comprehensive university, it blends the academic heritage of a private university with services missions in the land-grant tradition.