Bovender Family Faculty Chair Awarded at Convocation
The second teacher to be awarded the Bovender Family Faculty Chair was named at Senior Convocation this week.
High school math teacher Justin Fitzpatrick succeeds seventh grade math teacher Joel Bezaire, who received the honor in 2014. The chair was endowed that year with a gift from Jack and Barbara Bovender, their son Richard Bovender ’97, and his wife Sara.
Announcing the award at Convocation, Vince Durnan described "Dr. Fitz," as he is known to students, thus:
"We celebrate someone with deep subject knowledge, with a transitive property capacity to share that love of subject with students regardless of prior interest, someone who is really good, and I quote from student comments “at explaining stuff.” We celebrate an old-school personality with new concept interests and curiosity that ends up being avant-garde, a pioneer with a pick and shovel work ethic."
An academic and educational leader with experience working with elementary grades in Australia and California, Kristian Noden will join USN for the 2024-2025 academic year.
At the end of the 2023-2024 school year, we will bid adieu to MS/HS Art Teacher Delia Seigenthaler, Operations Staffer Don Brown, and Head of LS Amy Woodson. A retirement reception will be held at 3:30 p.m. on Friday, May 10 in Gordon Multipurpose Room
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