UNH Announces 2025 Commencement Speakers and Honorary Degree Recipients_188体育app_188体育在线-平台官网

Tania deLuzuriaga
Tue, 25 Mar 2025 15:00 -0400

DURHAM, N.H.—Retired Lt. Col. Scott “Kidd” Poteet ’96, who recently rocketed into space as the pilot for the Polaris Dawn mission, will deliver the University of New Hampshire commencement address across all three ceremonies on Saturday, May 17, 2025 at the Whittemore Center Arena at the Key Auto Group Complex. The Durham native, who was part of a team that traveled closer to the moon than anyone else since NASA’s 1970’s Apollo missions, will inspire the class of 2025 to chart their own course and reach for the stars.
“UNH has been a resounding presence in my life and has helped shape the person I am today,” said Poteet. “The university not only offered me a quality higher education but valuable skills and a strong community to help blaze my own path, not necessarily a standard one, but...