Acting Chancellor of Northshore Technical Community College Tapped as Southeastern Young Alumnus of Year
Tuesday, May 21, 2019
by: Tonya Lowentritt
NTCC ACTING CHANCELLOR RECOGNIZED AS YOUNG ALUMNUS – Daniel Roberts, acting chancellor of Northshore Technical Community College, has been named Southeastern Louisiana University’s 2019 Young Alumnus of the Year. He will be officially recognized at the Southeastern Alumni Association Awards Evening to be held this fall during Homecoming Week.
HAMMOND – Daniel Roberts, acting chancellor of Northshore Technical Community
College, has been named Southeastern Louisiana University’s 2019 Young Alumnus of
the Year. He will be officially recognized at the Southeastern Alumni Association
Awards Evening to be held this fall during Homecoming Week.
Roberts graduated from Southeastern in 2003 and 2005 with a bachelor’s degree
in communication and a master of business administration degree respectively. He contributed
to the creation of Connect to Success, a partnership between Southeastern and NTCC
that provides a seamless and supportive bridge program on Southeastern’s campus for
NTCC students. It is the largest two-year to four-year partnership in the state, and
is considered a national model for similar programs.
He is also a founding board member of Southeastern’s Lions Connected, a transition
and post-secondary program that provides young adults with intellectual disabilities
an inclusive college experience while preparing them to become contributing members
of society.
“We are pleased to honor Daniel Roberts as our Young Alumnus of the Year,” said
Alumni Association President Beth Carney Ebberman. “Dr. Roberts’ service and support
to Southeastern is evident in his work related to the Connect to Success and Lions
Connected programs and his dedication to student success in achieving educational
and career goals through transfer pathways to Southeastern.”
Roberts was recognized in 2016 by New Orleans CityBusiness as “Ones to Watch
in Education,” and was named the 2005 Southeastern “Outstanding Man of the Year” for
his demonstrated excellence in driving student success in his role as a transfer recruiter/admissions
counselor.
Alumni Awards Evening will also include recognition of several Southeastern faculty
and staff and alumni, including Alumna of the Year for 2019 President and Chief Executive
Officer of North Oaks Health System Michele Sutton.