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MATTAPOISETT Shannon Finning, a Mattapoisett School Committee and Joint School Committee member, tendered her resignation from both boards in a written statement read by Selectman Jordan Collyer during the Mattapoisett Select Board meeting on July 20.
In the letter, Finning cited issues with School Committee Chairman Jim Muse as the reason she was no longer willing to serve on the board.
“I am unwilling to serve a body that continues to select a chair who has treated me, personally, with disrespect and, of more concern, has, in my opinion, demonstrated unwillingness to hear from all constituents and effectively engage and communicate with parents and families in particular,” she said in the letter.
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Kate Robinson Apr 5, 2021
MATTAPOISETT Student leaders at UMass Dartmouth have published a letter this week calling for Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs Dr. Shannon Finning who is also a member of the Old Rochester Regional and Mattapoisett School Committees to resign for failing to address the community’s concerns with systemic racism at the school.
In a letter sent to local media contacts and published in student newspaper The Torch, six student leaders including Student Government Association President Liz Anusauskas and Class of 2021 President Pearl McCarthy asked university officials for Dr. Finning’s immediate resignation, calling her “unfit to serve” in her current role.
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On Thursday, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts honored UMass Dartmouth Director of Health Services Marianne Sullivan and Director of the Fitness Center Greg Homol as the recipients of the 2020 Manuel Carballo Governor s Award for Excellence in Public Service during the virtual 36th Annual Performance Recognition Program.
Sullivan and Homol received the award for their outstanding efforts in the design, implementation, and daily execution of the UMass Dartmouth on-campus testing facility, according to a press release from the university.
The award, named in honor of the late Secretary of Human Services Manuel Carballo, is chosen directly by the Governor and given annually to 10 employees or groups of employees who exemplify the highest standards of public service.