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title: School of Graduate, Online and Continuing Education's Graduate Education Celebration
description: This morning, Fitchburg State University President Richard Lapidus welcomed those gathered in-person, and virtually, to the first ever School of Graduate, Online and Continuing Education's Graduate Education Celebration. After remarks by Suzanne Ortega, President of the Council of Graduate Schools, who joined remotely, Interim Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Catherine R. Canney  presented the inaugural 2022 Graduate Adjunct Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching to Professor Henry Culver. Then a panel of students, Kondwani Moya, and Kamelia Lechani along with Professors Kyle Moody, and Daneen Deptula talked about the graduate program experience.
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## [School of Graduate, Online and Continuing Education's Graduate Education Celebration](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/gce/school-of-graduate-online-and-continuing-educations-graduate-education-celebration)

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This morning, Fitchburg State University [President Richard Lapidus](https://www.fitchburgstate.edu/about/leadership/presidents-office/president-lapidus-biography) welcomed those gathered in-person, and virtually, to the first ever [School of Graduate, Online and Continuing Education's](https://www.fitchburgstate.edu/academics/graduate-academics/school-graduate-online-and-continuing-education) Graduate Education Celebration. After remarks by Suzanne Ortega, President of the [Council of Graduate Schools](https://cgsnet.org/), who joined remotely, Interim Provost and Vice President for [Academic Affairs](https://www.fitchburgstate.edu/academics/academic-affairs) [Catherine R. Canney](https://www.fitchburgstate.edu/academics/academic-affairs-division/letter-provost)  presented the inaugural 2022 Graduate Adjunct Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching to Professor Henry Culver. Then a panel of students, Kondwani Moya, and Kamelia Lechani along with Professors [Kyle Moody](https://www.fitchburgstate.edu/academics/faculty-profiles/kyle-moody), and [Daneen Deptula](https://www.fitchburgstate.edu/academics/faculty-profiles/daneen-deptula) talked about the graduate program experience.

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