School of Human and Public Service

Noah Lira was named NH Social Studies of the Year in 2022. In his former principal’s 20-plus years as an educator, she hadn’t seen another teacher with such strengths. Lira is still in his twenties, so the best is yet to come.

Tilghman teaches courses that take students to other lands and advance the University’s Habits of Mind focus on critical thinking, purposeful communication, and self-directed learning by showing them differences in how humans are today and in different time periods around the world. Her recent…

This award-winning social work major serves socially and economically disadvantaged youths and helped found a network to address racism. Her perspective is also being tapped by professional peers.

“Plymouth is a very welcoming and open environment,” says Uribe, who is planning to attend law school. “Faculty and staff make this place what it is, and in the criminal justice program they work day in, day out not just to inspire students but making sure that students are ok. I enjoy that…

“I’m interested in why people commit crime and how to prevent it,” says Sinclair, who came to Plymouth State to study criminology and psychology, Eventually, he hopes to attend law school and become a lawyer focused on crime prevention, rather than incarceration.