The document announces and celebrates three recipients of the Kidder Award in 2020: Kelly Ducharme (staff), Taryn Duncan (student), and Emily Dunlop (student). Kelly works in information technology at UNH to promote inclusivity around name and gender identity. Taryn works tirelessly to provide an inclusive space for all people, especially LGBTQ+ students and students of color. Emily became a Safe Zones facilitator and student coordinator to educate the community on combating bias and helping people become allies.

1. Cause for
Celebration!

2. Kidder Award
Recipients
2020

3. Kelly Ducharme
(Staff)
Kelly’s Efforts at UNH:
• A resourceful and innovative thinker who is
always seeking solutions – brings a “can do”
attitude.
• Kelly uses her role in Information Technology
to promote a more inclusive campus at UNH
through addressing systems issues around
name and gender identity.
• She is working across the entire USNH
system to ensure that software systems are as
inclusive as possible, and, when they are not,

4. Taryn Duncan (Student)
Taryn’s Efforts at UNH:
• Since the day I met Taryn, I knew she was going to make
the world a better place.
• Taryn works tirelessly in providing an inclusive space and
fights for the inclusivity of all people at UNH.
• She has made the campus a better place for all LGBTQ+
students and LGBTQ+ students of color, in particular,
through her work with group like QT.
• Taryn wears many hats on campus from being a Connect
mentor, to being a William W. Treat Fellow, to one of the

5. Emily Dunlop (Student)
Emily’s Efforts at UNH
• .Emily became a Safe Zones facilitator for the Safe
Zones program and plays a critical role in educating the
community on combating bias related to homophobia,
transphobia, heterosexism, cissexism and helping folks
become better aspiring allies.
• Emily was chosen to serve as a Student Coordinator for
the Safe Zones program which is a position of leadership
that is essential in ensuring the program is successful.
She has taken on more responsibility than a Student
Coordinator typically would in this position.

6. Congratulations to
All!