HHP Flag-Bearer: Jacquelyn Mallette

The College of Health and Human Performance is thrilled to announce Dr. Jacquelyn Mallette will serve as our college’s flag-bearer Dec. 15 in Minges Coliseum for the campus-wide ceremony when nearly 2,000 Pirates will be celebrated as East Carolina University Fall 2023 graduates.

Mallette.

Commencement is an important event that indicates the fulfillment of expectations and celebrates the many achievements of our students. It is also a time for us to reflect on the contributions faculty and staff have made to the programs and processes that help to facilitate student achievements. Each semester, we honor a member of the HHP family who has evidenced a strong commitment to student success and other aspects of the HHP mission, by selecting them to serve as the college flag-bearer at the ECU Commencement Ceremony. Our HHP Flag represents a group of individuals committed to the ECU values of integrity, respect, rational inquiry and personal excellence, and is focused on fostering health and well-being at all levels of society.

Mallette is an associate professor in the Department of Human Development and Family Science. As a certified family life educator, she studies resilience from a strengths based family life education perspective and was honored earlier this year as one of the inaugural Trendsetter Award winners at ECU. This was a REDE-established program to recognize the research and creative work of faculty who have the expertise and enthusiasm to forge a path and inspire their peers.

The student who nominated her to be our flag-bearer provided these comments: Dr. Mallette is a great candidate to be the CHHP Flag-Bearer because she is an amazing professor. She shows up to each class with a positive attitude. She values her students as individuals. It’s nice to show up to a class and have a professor show interest in the things occurring in your lives outside of class. I think all professors should approach teaching the way that Dr. Mallette does. She is a very approachable professor, so it’s never intimidating to ask her any questions or clarify something. She does a great job of presenting the course material in a way that keeps the class engaged. Dr. Mallette is more than deserving of this honor.

What a great way to summarize impact and influence! We are excited to see Mallette present our flag high for a milestone occasion for so many proud graduates and their networks.

Recent CHHP flag-bearers

Spring 2023 – Kelli Russell

Fall 2022 – Dave Kemble

Spring 2022 – Worth Carter

Fall 2021 – Kelli Russell

Spring 2021 – n/a (COVID)

Fall 2020 – n/a (COVID)

Spring 2020 – n/a (COVID)

Fall 2019 – Mark Moore