SNHU at its best: Celebrating our 2022 fall graduates

Posted on December 6, 2022

Two weeks ago, we celebrated our Fall 2022 Commencement ceremonies. This fall, more than 17,000 students completed their degrees with SNHU; nearly 4,000 graduates and 20,000 guests attended the ceremonies in Manchester, NH; and this weekend we will celebrate 4,500 in our virtual ceremonies.  Graduations at SNHU are always particularly celebratory, warm, and personal. They […]

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A broader view: Why refugee safety and security must include access to education and economic opportunity

Posted on June 30, 2022

By Paul LeBlanc, President of Southern New Hampshire University Last week, we celebrated the strength and courage of refugees on World Refugee Day, at a moment when the refugee crisis has been thrust into focus with millions fleeing the war in Ukraine, creating the largest humanitarian crisis in Europe since World War II. Now more […]

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Heartbroken and Speechless — Yet Again

Posted on May 25, 2022

I’m not often at a loss for words, but the events in Uvalde, Texas, yesterday have left me heartbroken and speechless. Just last Wednesday, I shared my reflections on the horrific events in Buffalo and Southern California. Here we are just 10 days later, and once again, our country is reeling. We must acknowledge today […]

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A Look Back at 2021: Stronger Together

Posted on December 22, 2021

As I look back on 2021 this holiday season, I continue to be amazed by our students, staff, and faculty. Over the pandemic, we have seen first-hand the strength and resilience of the SNHU community. Despite the challenges of COVID-19, remote work and learning, and the ever-changing higher education landscape, our community did not skip […]

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Celebrating Commencement & Staff Graduates

Posted on November 15, 2021

This past weekend, we were finally able to celebrate our 2020 and 2021 online graduates across five powerful and inspiring ceremonies. The SNHU Arena was filled with incredible student stories: A 67-year-old grandmother who finished a degree she started in 1972, when I was still in high school. A woman holding her three-week-old infant. A […]

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Remembering 9/11 Through Reflections from President Emeritus Dick Gustafson

Posted on September 10, 2021

September 11 was one of the worst days in our nation’s history, and the anniversary takes many of us back to the moment we first heard the news. We all have our own recollection, whether it was witnessing it firsthand, watching it through a television screen, or hearing the news from a loved one, friend, […]

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Reflections on George Floyd One Day Later

Posted on April 21, 2021

Like so many others, I was glued to the television late yesterday afternoon, waiting for the jury to return its verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial. It was an enormous relief to see George Floyd’s murderer convicted on all counts. There was finally accountability, a sense that justice had been served, and some reassurance that […]

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Standing With the Asian Community

Posted on March 18, 2021

I despair that I have write to you once again in the wake of a senseless and hate-filled murder of innocent fellow Americans. This time it was the killing of eight people in Georgia, six of them of Asian descent. This heinous act is part of an alarming and dramatic increase in violent attacks on Asians, Pacific Islanders, and […]

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What SNHU’s Global Education Movement students have taught us about online learning in the most difficult of circumstances

Posted on January 24, 2021

In the last year, COVID-19 has drastically reshaped all of our lives—how we work, shop, visit with friends and family and, of course, how we go to school.  As one of the fastest growing universities in the nation — with 160,000 online learners and 3,000 on-campus students — SNHU was uniquely suited to tackle the […]

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An Assault on Our Democracy

Posted on January 7, 2021

Yesterday was a dark day in our country’s history. Over the years, there have been presidential election outcomes I have found bitterly disappointing while others rejoiced. In other election years, I celebrated and others were crestfallen. In every instance, those who supported the winning candidate and those whose candidate lost were certain of one thing: […]

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