Herkimer College to Hold Alumni Hall of Honor Inductions

Herkimer College alumni Carolyn Bergeron ’03 and Jeffrey S. Carpenter ’87 will be inducted to the Alumni Hall of Honor on Saturday, October 4. The Herkimer College Alumni Hall of Honor recognizes alumni who have distinguished themselves in their careers or in service to their communities. The induction ceremony will be held in Alumni Hall at 5 p.m. as part of the College’s Fall Fest & Alumni Weekend. The event is by invitation only.

A 2003 graduate of Herkimer College with a Teaching Assistant’s Certificate, Carolyn Bergeron, is an advocate for people with all kinds of disabilities. She is a member of the Self-Advocacy Council of the National Down Syndrome Congress and a three-term board member, an advocacy speaker for the New York State Speakers bureau and a volunteer at the United Cerebral Palsy Tradewinds in Rome, NY. She received the 2005 National Down Syndrome Conference Award and the National Down Syndrome Society “Voices” Award in 2007.

Jeffrey S. Carpenter earned an associate in applied science degree in Criminal Justice from Herkimer College. He then earned his bachelor’s degree from the American University and his Juris Doctorate from Pepperdine University School of Law in 1992. He has served as the Assistant District Attorney of Herkimer County from 2002 to 2013, and was elected to the position of Herkimer County District Attorney in 2013. Carpenter taught at Herkimer College from 1993 through 2012 and is responsible for donating the law collection to the Herkimer College Library.

More information about the Alumni Hall of Honor is available at www.herkimer.edu/alumni-honor.

For a complete schedule for Fall Fest & Alumni Weekend, visit www.herkimer.edu/fallfest or call the Center for Student Leadership & Involvement at (315) 866-0300, ext. 8286.