{"id":558842,"date":"2024-07-21T15:35:43","date_gmt":"2024-07-21T19:35:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/?p=558842"},"modified":"2025-05-14T10:56:58","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T14:56:58","slug":"get-to-know-josh-shapiro-pennsylvania-governor-commencement-speaker-558842","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/get-to-know-josh-shapiro-pennsylvania-governor-commencement-speaker-558842\/","title":{"rendered":"Get to know Pennsylvania governor Josh Shapiro"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>The Rochester alumnus reflects on his formative experiences and shares lessons learned from a career dedicated to public service.<\/h2>\n<p>Josh Shapiro \u201995 was elected governor of Pennsylvania in November 2022\u2014the first <a href=\"https:\/\/rochester.edu\">Ä¢¹½´«Ã½<\/a> alumnus to hold a state\u2019s top executive position.<\/p>\n<p>Shapiro, 49, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/commencement\/class-of-2023\/josh-shapiro\/\">delivered the address<\/a> at the University-wide 2023 Commencement Ceremony held in Fauver Stadium at the Brian F. Prince Athletic Complex on the River Campus.<\/p>\n<style>.embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; }<\/style>\n<div class=\"embed-container\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-pgnhSPo1N4\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nThe governor of the fifth most populated state in the United States took time to answer questions via email about his time at Rochester, his unplanned veer into politics, and his advice for graduating students.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_558902\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-558902\" style=\"width: 350px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-558902\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/inline-josh-shapiro-dorm-1000w.jpg\" alt=\"Black and white archival photo of Josh Shapiro as an undergraduate in his dorm room with a Clinton\/Gore sign, UK flag, and other posters and artwork in the background.\" width=\"350\" height=\"522\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/inline-josh-shapiro-dorm-1000w.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/inline-josh-shapiro-dorm-1000w-423x630.jpg 423w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/inline-josh-shapiro-dorm-1000w-768x1145.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-558902\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Josh Shapiro in 1993. (Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ photo \/ \u00a0Department of Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3><strong>A tough day turned into a fortuitous one during Shapiro\u2019s first year at Rochester.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>When he arrived on the River Campus in 1991, Shapiro planned to follow in his father\u2019s footsteps and become a doctor. \u201cI started as a pre-med student, but a few months into freshman year, I nearly flunked out of organic chemistry,\u201d he shared.<\/p>\n<p>That same day, he was also cut from the men\u2019s basketball team.<\/p>\n<p>Back in his dorm room, Shapiro was pondering what the future held when someone knocked on his dorm room door and asked if he wanted to run for student government.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey said, \u2018You don\u2019t have anything else going on, so why not?\u2019 I decided to run\u2014and I won.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3><strong>He is the only Rochester student elected SA president in his first year.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Shapiro became a student senator, then beat five juniors in the spring of 1992 to become the only first-year student in school history to serve as <a href=\"https:\/\/sa.rochester.edu\/sa\/\">Students\u2019 Association<\/a> (SA) president.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI knocked on doors, rallied with students, and together we made our campus better and improved communications between students and administrators,\u201d he recalls. \u201cI learned the ins-and-outs of public service, and what it means to advocate for other people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Shapiro championed better safety measures on campus, and during his year as president, the University added more outdoor lights and blue light security phones and improved its shuttle service at night for students.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJosh Shapiro virtually has set a new standard for student leadership,\u201d Paul Burgett, the vice president and University dean of students at the time, told the Campus Times student newspaper in 1992.<\/p>\n<p>His cocurriculur experience would end up informing his academic one, prompting him to earn a bachelor\u2019s degree in political science from Rochester and a law degree from Georgetown University.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_558912\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-558912\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-558912\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/inline-josh-shapiro-campus-times-1993-4-15.jpg\" alt=\"Scan of Campus Times newspaper photo showing Josh Shapiro at a podium with the headline beneath reading &quot;Shapiro delivered his state of the University address Monday.&quot;\" width=\"1000\" height=\"699\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/inline-josh-shapiro-campus-times-1993-4-15.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/inline-josh-shapiro-campus-times-1993-4-15-630x440.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/inline-josh-shapiro-campus-times-1993-4-15-768x537.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-558912\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>CHANGE OF ADDRESS:<\/strong> From the April 4, 1993, issue of the <em>Campus Times<\/em>. \u201cI learned the ins-and-outs of public service, and what it means to advocate for other people,\u201d Josh Shapiro recalls of his time in student government at Rochester. He returns to campus on Friday, May 12 to deliver his Commencement address to the Class of 2023. (Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ photo \/ Department of Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3><strong>Faith and family guided Shapiro\u2019s path into politics.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>For Shapiro, an observant Conservative Jew who was raised in Dresher, Pennsylvania (outside of Philadelphia), faith is a lodestar<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy faith is what calls me to serve my community and has taught me to bring its teachings out in the community to make a real difference in people&#8217;s lives,\u201d says Shapiro, an observant Conservative Jew. \u201cScripture teaches us that no one is required to complete the task, but neither are we free to refrain from it. To me, that means it\u2019s on all of us to get off the sidelines and get in the game\u2014and that\u2019s part of the reason why I chose a life of public service.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He also credits his parents with instilling in him a commitment to family and community service. \u201cI grew up watching my father treat his patients as a pediatrician and my mother care for the kids in our community as a teacher,\u201d he says. \u201cNow that my wife Lori and I have four wonderful children, I am just as committed to working as hard for the children of Pennsylvania as we do for our own.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3><strong>The key to keeping constituents happy is mutual respect.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Shapiro has never lost a political election, starting with his run for SA president at Rochester in 1992. He won a seat on the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 2004 and served until 2012. He then served on the Montgomery County Board of Commissions until 2017, then was twice elected as Pennsylvania attorney general. In 2022, he defeated Republican Doug Mastriano in the general election for Pennsylvania governor.<\/p>\n<p>After decades of running for and being in office, what\u2019s his secret to success as a public servant?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn every public office I&#8217;ve held\u2014from state representative to county commissioner to attorney general to governor\u2014the most important lesson I&#8217;ve learned is that you&#8217;ve got to show up and treat people with respect,\u201d according to him. \u201cI<span class=\"normaltextrun\">\u2019<\/span>m willing to go anywhere to meet with anyone, regardless of party affiliation, to listen and learn, and I know that nothing will get done unless we do it together.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_558922\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-558922\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-558922\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/inline-josh-shapiro-then-now.jpg\" alt=\"Diptych image of Josh Shapiro's college yearbook photo and of Josh Shapiro as governor. \" width=\"1000\" height=\"736\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/inline-josh-shapiro-then-now.jpg 1612w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/inline-josh-shapiro-then-now-630x464.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/inline-josh-shapiro-then-now-768x566.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/inline-josh-shapiro-then-now-1536x1131.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-558922\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>THEN AND NOW:<\/strong> Josh Shapiro photographed for his senior year photo in 1995 and as governor-elect of Pennsylvania in 2022. (Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ photo \/ Department of Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation; photo from Governor Tom Wolf&#8217;s Office, CC BY 2.0 via <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Governor_Shapiro.jpg\">Wikimedia Commons<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3><strong>He\u2019s filled with optimism for the Class of 2023\u2014and offers a few words of wisdom ahead of graduation day.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>\u201cThe graduating Class of 2023 are some of the strongest young people I know,\u201d Shapiro says. \u201cYour years at college are supposed to be filled with firsts and milestones, but for many of you the world stopped in 2020. But you didn\u2019t let this adversity hold you back or define you. You pushed through, and in the midst of a global pandemic, your commencement is proof of your strength and power.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He adds, \u201cWe\u2019re counting on you, to use your power and your voice to drive change\u2014to combat climate change, create a more just society, and take on the big fights that earlier generations have failed at. You are going to be the next teachers, doctors, entrepreneurs, and lawmakers that are going to change our future and leave this world better than how you found it. No matter what you choose to do with your life, always remember the value of community. Use your voice and your power for the collective good, to reject extremism, inspire hope over fear, and bring unity over division.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>Editor\u2019s note: This story was originally published on May 9, 2023. It was updated and republished in July 2024 to include video of Josh Shapiro\u2019s commencement speech.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Rochester alumnus reflects on his formative experiences and shares lessons learned from a career dedicated to public service.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":672,"featured_media":558852,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[42,36732,4536,21462,29502,16072,41012],"class_list":["post-558842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campus-community","tag-alumni","tag-class-of-2023","tag-commencement","tag-department-of-political-science","tag-featured-post-side","tag-school-of-arts-and-sciences","tag-videos"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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