By MIKE MORRIS
THE PICKET – Dr. Sylvia Manning and Mr. Thomas Blondell have been chosen to receive the 2016 President’s Award during this spring’s commencement ceremony.
Dr. Manning served as the interim president of Shepherd University following the departure of Suzanne Shipley, the previous president. She is a graduate of McGill University in Montreal and Yale University and has served previously as executive vice provost at the University of Southern California, vice president for academic affairs at the University of Illinois, and chancellor of the University of Illinois at Chicago. Most recently, she was the president of the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association, the accrediting body for Shepherd.
The commencement ceremony for the class of 2016 is May 7.