Rockland/Westchester Journal News
Nyeema Watson, a first-generation college student, didn t know what to expect when she enrolled at Rutgers University-Camden.
One thing she certainly didn t predict: that she d find an ally in an older white psychology professor.
Daniel Hart supported Watson before ally became a popular buzzword seen on signs at Black Lives Matter protests, in rainbow letters on Pride festival T-shirts or trending as a Twitter hashtag.
“I just felt a trusting relationship with [the professor],” Watson said. “He reached out to me; I reached out to him. He certainly had never walked in my shoes, but he connected me to resources and was someone who could help me navigate the system.
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Morristown Daily Record
Last year, the final graduating class of the College of Saint Elizabeth was limited to a virtual commencement due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
This year, a novel hybrid commencement honored the first official graduating class of Saint Elizabeth University. More than 200 students returned to the campus to accept degrees in a carefully planned, socially distanced in-person ceremony after a full academic year of remote and hybrid instruction.
The event took on a drive-in aspect as President Helen J. Streubert kicked off the ceremony from inside the University’s Annunciation Center. Outside, graduates and their families waited in or near their vehicles, then were led in groups to walk across the stage in Dolan Performance Hall.
Rockland/Westchester Journal News
Nyeema Watson, a first-generation college student, didn t know what to expect when she enrolled at Rutgers University-Camden.
One thing she certainly didn t predict: that she d find an ally in an older white psychology professor.
Daniel Hart supported Watson before ally became a popular buzzword seen on signs at Black Lives Matter protests, in rainbow letters on Pride festival T-shirts or trending as a Twitter hashtag.
“I just felt a trusting relationship with [the professor],” Watson said. “He reached out to me; I reached out to him. He certainly had never walked in my shoes, but he connected me to resources and was someone who could help me navigate the system.