Speech from the Spring 2014 commencement proceedings at Binghamton University May 15 - 18.

2014 Honorary Doctorate Recipient from Binghamton University.

The education Carol Clancy Harter received at what was then just a "little dream school" was the springboard for what would become a long and illustrious career for the honorary degree recipient, and one of many firsts. Along with being the first female to earn three English degrees from Binghamton University -- and the second female to earn her PhD from Binghamton -- she was also the first female vice president at Ohio University, the first female president of the State University of New York College at Geneseo and the first female president of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV).
But back before she increased enrollment at UNLV from about 18,000 to 28,000 students, or had a day declared in her honor by the governor of Nevada, Harter was a struggling young student in debt, and a new parent at that. She's immensely thankful for faculty like Bernardo, Mario DiCesare, John Hagopian and Bernie Huppé, who took her under their wing and gave her the motivation to pursue advanced degrees.

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