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Jacquelyn Thomas receives 2021 Founders’ Day Award
Academy librarian recognized for more than three decades of leadership.
![Milton Syed '14 and Rohan Pavuluri '14 accept a prize grant check from Harvard President Drew Faust.](https://exeter.edu/sites/default/files/styles/et_standalone_feed/public/ET-Pavuluri.jpg?itok=iIYwo8uk)
For the people
Rohan Pavuluri '14 (center, with Milton Syed '14 and Drew Faust) leverages technology for social justice. His product Upsolve is changing the lives of low-income families in financial distress.
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"Sitting around that Harkness table, I learned to not be satisfied with the first best answer."
Chang-rae Lee '83
![Nahla Owens](https://exeter.edu/sites/default/files/styles/et_people_feed/public/news/NahlaOwens-1200.jpg?itok=RvVkmFFp)
![Audrey Yin](https://exeter.edu/sites/default/files/styles/et_people_feed/public/news/yin-1200.jpg?itok=-cC6JiG3)
"Exeter has given me the opportunity to develop into myself. It’s made me a more secure person.”
Audrey '21
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"Our work must be seen and felt as genuine and coming from a place of sincere care and safety."
Christina Palmer, Director of Student Well-being
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2021 award recipients announced
Jacquelyn Thomas will receive the Founders’ Day Award in a virtual assembly on Friday, May 21.
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Alan R. Jones ’72 receives the 2020 Founders’ Day Award
Devoted volunteer is honored.
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Climate Action Day: equity and the environment
Katharine Wilkinson discusses the gender gap among climate science changemakers.
Our commitment to justice
Letter to the Exeter community from Principal Rawson sent after a jury found Derek Chauvin guilty of the murder of George Floyd.
Bea Burack ’21 is part of a new generation of climate activists taking the helm in New Hampshire
nhpr | Go to articleWhat's happening at OMA?
Dean of Multicultural Affairs Sherry Hernandez shares the latest.
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Meet Gayatri Ramesh and Kevin Pajaro-Mariñez
New positions focus on hiring, retaining faculty of color.
English Instructor and Associate Dean Courtney Marshall receives BIPOC Seacoast Leaders Award
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Update on anti-racism work
Letter to the Exeter community from Principal Rawson.
Rohan Pavuluri ’14 makes the 2021 TIME100 Next list of emerging leaders
TIME | Go to article![Students look at the chalkboard in Religion Instructor Peter Vorkink's class.](https://exeter.edu/sites/default/files/styles/et_topic_cluster_primary/public/news/BUL-Tech-Su19-2.jpg?itok=-LmJgXqE)
Exploring how goodness fits into the future
Students and alumni mentors decode ethics in the Digital Age.
“That's one of the most noble goals ... embracing this one-of-a-kind education and using it to help others.”
"Exeter has given me the opportunity to develop into myself. It’s made me a more secure person.”
“It was a lot of hard work, but [what] made it worth it was the people who ... said, 'Wow, that really had a profound impact on me.'”