Standing before a crowd of 300 in the Hogan Ballroom, Mable Millner, the College’s associate dean of students for diversity and inclusion and director of multicultural education, addressed current and former administrators, faculty and staff who had gathered to celebrate the contributions of her colleague and friend Jacqueline “Jackie” Dansler Peterson, vice president for student affairs and dean of students.
“You have seen much change in the life of this campus and been a part of it all,” Millner said to Peterson.
Peterson, the first woman, person of color and lay person to be named to the president’s cabinet, capped her 20 years of service at the close of the academic year. The reception in May, held in Peterson’s honor, was an opportunity for her colleagues to express their gratitude and well wishes.