{"id":2157,"date":"2025-03-14T16:09:43","date_gmt":"2025-03-14T20:09:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/honfleurburlington.org\/?page_id=2157"},"modified":"2025-03-26T16:46:17","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T20:46:17","slug":"peter-vantine-chevalier","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/honfleurburlington.org\/fr\/peter-vantine-chevalier\/","title":{"rendered":"Peter Vantine, Chevalier"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2157\" class=\"elementor elementor-2157\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b68e6da e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b68e6da\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57f8329 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"57f8329\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Peter Vantine, Chevalier <br>dans l'Ordre des Palmes Acad\u00e9miques<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f656086 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f656086\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2720748 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2720748\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-2175\" src=\"https:\/\/honfleurburlington.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/2025-Vantine-card-650x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"787\" srcset=\"https:\/\/honfleurburlington.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/2025-Vantine-card-650x1024.jpg 650w, https:\/\/honfleurburlington.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/2025-Vantine-card-191x300.jpg 191w, https:\/\/honfleurburlington.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/2025-Vantine-card-768x1209.jpg 768w, https:\/\/honfleurburlington.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/2025-Vantine-card-975x1536.jpg 975w, https:\/\/honfleurburlington.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/2025-Vantine-card-1301x2048.jpg 1301w, https:\/\/honfleurburlington.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/2025-Vantine-card-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/honfleurburlington.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/2025-Vantine-card.jpg 1552w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>On March 12, 2025, \u00a0in a ceremony at Saint Michael&#8217;s College, Dr. Peter Vantine was created a chevalier of the Order of Academic Palms.<\/p><p>Peter is chair and associate professor of classical and modern languages and literatures: French at the college.\u00a0<\/p><p>He is also a longtime member of the Burlington-Honfleur Sister Cities Committee, many members of which were in attendance.<\/p><p>Dr. Gretchen Galbraith, the college&#8217;s provost and vice president for academic affairs, gave welcoming remarks.<\/p><p>Father Marcel Rainville, S.S.E., said a prayer.\u00a0The proclamation was presented by Dr. Richard Plumb, Saint Michael&#8217;s president, and by Dr. Galbraith.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-84944b2 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"84944b2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ae06654 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ae06654\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The medal was pinned by Mustafa Soykurt, the consul general of France in Boston.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fb096a7 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"fb096a7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-465770d gallery-spacing-custom elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-gallery\" data-id=\"465770d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-gallery\">\n\t\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery 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class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Chevalier Peter then presented an eloquent speech:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b0977c9 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b0977c9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-17472b6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"17472b6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Je vous remercie, M. le Consul G\u00e9n\u00e9ral, de nous avoir honor\u00e9 aujourd\u2019hui de votre pr\u00e9sence sur le campus de Saint Michael\u2019s College<\/em><em>, une institution qui, elle aussi, a ses origines en France.<\/em><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I thank you, Consul General, for honoring us here today with your presence on the campus of Saint Michael\u2019s College, an institution whose own origins can be traced directly back to France.\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Votre r\u00f4le de repr\u00e9sentant de la France aux \u00c9tats-Unis et votre visite ici nous rappellent que les liens entre nos deux pays et nos deux peuples, nos deux langues et nos deux cultures, sont forts, riches de complexit\u00e9 et profonds \u2014 ils remontent des si\u00e8cles, s&#8217;\u00e9tendent sur plus d&#8217;un continent et traverse l\u2019oc\u00e9an.<\/em><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your role as a representative of France to the United States and your visit here remind us that the ties between our two countries and our two peoples, our two languages and our two cultures, are strong, rich with complexity, and deep \u2014 the go back centuries, span more than one continent, and cross the ocean.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Ce sont des liens qui ont \u00e9t\u00e9 con\u00e7us dans les esprits de nos philosophes, nos penseurs ; communiqu\u00e9s par nos diplomates respectifs, nos intellectuels et nos artistes partag\u00e9s ; entretenus, interrog\u00e9s et raffermis par nos citoyens encore et encore.<\/em>\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They are ties conceived in the minds of our philosophers, our thinkers; communicated by our respective diplomates, our shared intellectuals and artists; maintained, interrogated, and reaffirmed by our citizens again and again.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Ces liens ont \u00e9t\u00e9 forg\u00e9s par des guerres et test\u00e9s par d\u2019autres guerres ; ils sont nourris par le commerce des biens et l\u2019\u00e9change des id\u00e9es et la qu\u00eate de la paix, toujours trop \u00e9ph\u00e9m\u00e8re dans ce monde qui a tant et toujours besoin de dialogue pour r\u00e9aliser le bien commun qui n\u2019a ni nation ni territoire, et qui n\u2019est le privil\u00e8ge d&#8217;aucun puisque qu\u2019il est le puit dans lequel nous devons tous puiser et partager l\u2019eau essentielle de la vie humaine sur notre plan\u00e8te.<\/em>\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These ties were forged by wars and tested by other wars; they are sustained by the trade of goods and the exchange of ideas and the quest for peace, always too ephemeral in this world ever so in need of dialogue to achieve the common good that has neither nation nor territory, and that is the privilege of none because it is the well from which we must all draw and share the essential water of human life on our planet.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>\u00a0<\/em><em>Je suis profond\u00e9ment touch\u00e9 par cette reconnaissance accord\u00e9e au nom du gouvernement de la R\u00e9publique fran\u00e7aise sous les auspices du minist\u00e8re de l\u2019\u00c9ducation nationale. Partout dans le monde, ici comme ailleurs, l\u2019\u00e9ducation est essentielle. C\u2019est un besoin et un bien. C\u2019est un don qu\u2019on m\u00e9rite par notre seule humanit\u00e9 ; c&#8217;est une responsabilit\u00e9 sacr\u00e9e que chaque g\u00e9n\u00e9ration se doit de transmettre aux suivantes.<\/em><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I am deeply touched by this recognition bestowed upon me in the name of the government of France [the French Republic] under the auspices of the Ministry of Education. Throughout the world, here as elsewhere, education is essential. It\u2019s a need and a good. It\u2019s a gift we deserve by the mere fact of our humanity; it\u2019s a sacred responsibility that each generation owes it to those that follow to transmit.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Vive l\u2019\u00e9ducation ! Vive le multilinguisme !<\/em><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Long live education! Long live multilingualism!<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I\u2019m deeply honored to receive this recognition of efforts that are for me both a passion and a pleasure.\u00a0I\u2019m also humbled, knowing how many other talented teachers work tirelessly to teach world languages and cultures.\u00a0Collectively, we strive to expand our students\u2019 personal and professional horizons by developing their ability to communicate with people across the globe and fostering intercultural understanding.\u00a0Studying French is also an invitation to explore centuries of rich history, art, literature, and intellectual tradition, to encounter the dynamic and diverse living culture of France, and to venture out into the vast and varied Francophone world that spans from Europe and Africa to Canada and the Caribbean.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before concluding, I\u2019d like to express my gratitude for those who have made my work possible.\u00a0First and foremost, <em>merci infiniment \u00e0 ma famille \u2014 <\/em>immeasurable thanks to my family, whose daily encouragement, flexibility, patience, and love is itself without measure and is the fundamental foundation in my life.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I also want to recognize the support I\u2019ve received and collaborations we\u2019ve created Vermont with the Burlington-Honfleur Sister City relationship, the Alliance Fran\u00e7aise of the Lake Champlain region, and French teachers from schools, colleges, and universities across the state. I\u2019m equally appreciative the have the invaluable regional and national support and resources from the American Association of Teachers of French. Finally, I\u2019m incredibly grateful for the chance to teach and promote the French language and Francophone culture at Saint Michael\u2019s College and to foster ties between France and Vermont, as well as France and the United States.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f327fb e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1f327fb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-65d6e1b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"65d6e1b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Dana vanderHeyden, ambassadress of Honfleur to the United States, read aloud a warm letter from the Honfleur Comit\u00e9 de Jumelage, in both French and English. 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srcset=\"https:\/\/honfleurburlington.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Vantine-pinning-10.jpg 400w, https:\/\/honfleurburlington.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Vantine-pinning-10-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/honfleurburlington.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Vantine-pinning-10-10x12.jpg 10w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4911404 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4911404\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b47c88 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2b47c88\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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Michael&#8217;s College <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smcvt.edu\/about-smc\/news\/2025\/march\/saint-michaels-professor-to-receive-french-order-of-knighthood-for-promoting-french-language-culture\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">press release<\/a>.<\/p><p>In advance of the ceremony, these outlets covered it:<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wcax.com\/video\/2025\/03\/11\/st-mikes-prof-receive-high-honors-french-government\/\">WCAX<\/a> (Channel 3)<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mynbc5.com\/article\/st-michaels-college-professor-knighted\/64151802\">WPTZ<\/a>\/NBC5 (Channel 5)<\/p><p>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/vermontbiz.com\/people\/march\/saint-michaels-professor-receive-french-order-knighthood?utm_source=Newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=enewsmakers%20%7C%20Bankers%20group%20fetes%20Erin%20Pond%20as%20Woman%20of%20Year&amp;utm_campaign=Enewsmakers%203%2F12%2F2025&amp;vgo_ee=DxIbx%2Fb%2BOWB%2B5QJOojrGpViQfSrWH0Tuy1DoPGa%2F%2FQ8Xw8UiIOVawA%3D%3D%3AOl7lXHPWgRdlRiziMtFFnYijtUclNz%2FW\">VermontBiz<\/a><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And afterward the ceremony received this coverage (among others):\u00a0<\/p><p>Saint Michael&#8217;s College <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smcvt.edu\/about-smc\/news\/2025\/march\/an-unwavering-commitment-to-french-education-in-the-u-s-st-mikes-professor-knighted-by-france\/\">website\u00a0<\/a>and YouTube <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=oF4xhxY1ZY4\">channel<\/a><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Barre-Montpelier Times Argus<\/em>, <a 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