{"id":38393,"date":"2018-05-14T09:12:51","date_gmt":"2018-05-14T13:12:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?p=38393"},"modified":"2018-05-23T15:58:12","modified_gmt":"2018-05-23T19:58:12","slug":"we-made-it-emu-confers-540-degrees-and-first-honorary-doctorate-at-100th-commencement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2018\/we-made-it-emu-confers-540-degrees-and-first-honorary-doctorate-at-100th-commencement\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;We Made It!&#8217; 黑料正能量 confers 540 degrees and first honorary doctorate at 100th Commencement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>James Ramsey III<\/strong>, a graduate of 黑料正能量\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/leadership-organizational-management\/\">Adult Degree Completion Program<\/a>, captured the range of ages represented among the graduates at 黑料正能量\u2019s Commencement ceremony on Sunday, reminding all present that the empowerment of education spans a lifetime.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday, we celebrate whether we are 22, 42 or 62,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"highlight highlight-right\">View Commencement <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FY9zOWqsXBc&amp;feature=youtu.be\">video<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/photos\/commencement-2018\/\">photos<\/a>. <\/aside>\n<p>From the traditional undergraduate to the students that Ramsey characterized as \u201cpaper-writing weekend warriors\u201d juggling family and work obligations, the three-hour ceremony under the massive white tent on 黑料正能量\u2019s front lawn symbolized both an end and a beginning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s been a long journey,\u201d said one Master of Science in Nursing graduate who arrived early, her apricot-lined silken hood folded neatly on her lap as she waited patiently in Lehman Auditorium for the processional to begin.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_38233\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38233\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2018\/05\/eastern-mennonite-seminary-graduates-22-better-christ-followers-to-many-callings\/20180506-commencement-ceremony-as-040-1000px\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-38233\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-38233 size-medium\" src=\"\/\/emu.edu\/now\/is\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2018\/05\/20180506-Commencement-Ceremony-AS-040-1000px-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2018\/05\/20180506-Commencement-Ceremony-AS-040-1000px-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2018\/05\/20180506-Commencement-Ceremony-AS-040-1000px-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2018\/05\/20180506-Commencement-Ceremony-AS-040-1000px.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-38233\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Leymah Gbowee is congratulated after receiving her honorary doctorate. (Photo by Andrew Strack)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On the occasion of its 100th Commencement, the university conferred 386 undergraduate degrees and 154 graduate degrees, including its first honorary doctorate to alumna and Nobel Laureate <strong>Leymah Gbowee<\/strong> MA \u201907.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn one hundred years of 黑料正能量\u2019s existence, who would have told anyone that a girl from West Africa, a tiny village, a tiny country, who came here to validate and to justify her inclusion in peacebuilding work at the community level would come back several years later as the first honorary degree-awardee?\u201d Gbowee asked.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2018\/05\/leymah-gbowees-2018-commencement-address-eastern-mennonite-university\/\">Read the 2018 Commencement address.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In a Commencement address titled \u201cUrgently Needed! Defenders of Peace and Justice,\u201d Gbowee offered statistics about the rising numbers of global conflicts, armed and insurgent groups, drug cartels, terror attacks and deaths. \u201cBeyond these numbers, when we look around our world, especially in places people never think about, you have issues of housing crisis, you have rape and exploitation of women in different parts of the world, the threat to the environment and many other vices.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cburning\u201d question, she said, is \u201cWho is going to fix our world? Who is going to give hope or the hopeless? Who is going solve the problems of the world?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStep out,\u201d she urged. \u201cWhatever your calling may be, defend peace and justice with your actions, your interactions and your attitude. Most especially, when issues are not longer trending and the hashtags are no longer hashing, and the lights and the cameras are off, defend peace, defend justice. You can never go wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Graduates&#8217; perspectives<\/strong><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_38230\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38230\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2018\/05\/eastern-mennonite-seminary-graduates-22-better-christ-followers-to-many-callings\/20180506-commencement-ceremony-as-012-1000px\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-38230\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-38230 size-medium\" src=\"\/\/emu.edu\/now\/is\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2018\/05\/20180506-Commencement-Ceremony-AS-012-1000px-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2018\/05\/20180506-Commencement-Ceremony-AS-012-1000px-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2018\/05\/20180506-Commencement-Ceremony-AS-012-1000px-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2018\/05\/20180506-Commencement-Ceremony-AS-012-1000px.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-38230\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Harrison Horst (Photo by Andrew Strack)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Five student speakers representing various undergraduate and graduate programs preceded the main address:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Undergraduates and <a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2018\/04\/ten-2018-cords-of-distinction-recipients-honored-for-contributions-to-emu-community-and-beyond\/\">Cords of Distinction<\/a> awardees <strong>Harrison Horst<\/strong>, a sociology major from Landisville, Pennsylvania, and <strong>Keyri Lopez-Godoy<\/strong>, a liberal arts major with PreK-6 licensure, from Charlottesville, Virginia;<\/li>\n<li><strong>James Ramsey III<\/strong>, a leadership and organizational management major with the Adult Degree Completion Program;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sabrina Burress<\/strong>, who earned a master\u2019s degree in counseling; and<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sarah Bailey<\/strong>, who earned a Master\u2019s of Divinity from Eastern Mennonite Seminary.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Harrison Horst<\/strong> urged his classmates to be aware of complacency, \u201ca system in which we all take part.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe thing about complacency,\u201d he said, \u201cis you can\u2019t just announce its arrival and ask for a showdown in the wrestling ring, you have to set out on your own and begin the match yourself. That\u2019s how systems work and that\u2019s why they\u2019re so scary. They\u2019re sneaky and quiet and subtle.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Horst urged his classmates to find ways to open themselves to a world beyond \u201cthe comfortable cocoon.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_38231\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38231\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2018\/05\/eastern-mennonite-seminary-graduates-22-better-christ-followers-to-many-callings\/20180506-commencement-ceremony-as-013-1000px\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-38231\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-38231 size-medium\" src=\"\/\/emu.edu\/now\/is\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2018\/05\/20180506-Commencement-Ceremony-AS-013-1000px-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2018\/05\/20180506-Commencement-Ceremony-AS-013-1000px-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2018\/05\/20180506-Commencement-Ceremony-AS-013-1000px-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2018\/05\/20180506-Commencement-Ceremony-AS-013-1000px.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-38231\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Keyri Lopez-Godoy. (Photo by Andrew Strack)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cMy challenge and prayer for all of us that we may remember to keep \u2018The Dream\u2019 in front of us as we move forward, even if that dream doesn\u2019t always fit our expectations or aspirations, even if it seems silly sometimes or out of reach always, even if our friends and family tell us to take it down off the wall. Let\u2019s not be afraid to be radically authentic. Instead let\u2019s be radically vulnerable in our search for authenticity. And finally, let us always be courageous in our very human search for meaning and our eternal struggle against complacency.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Keyri Lopez-Godoy<\/strong> shared memories of those who supported, encouraged and inspired her while at 黑料正能量, including her hard-working family members and the first-grader in her student-teaching classroom who begged her to stay \u201cforever.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve been given two precious gifts,\u201d said Keyri Lopez-Godoy, who came the United States from El Salvador when she was eight. \u201cOne is to build relationships with others; the second is to see with our hearts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Enabled by people who impact and change us, she said, \u201cwe are indeed powerful beyond measure, and our light has the power to liberate others.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>James Ramsey III<\/strong> spoke on behalf of those students who returned to complete their college education after walking \u201cdifferent paths:\u201d starting families and careers, taking care of sick family members, or recovering from illnesses. Desiring to \u201clearn more, to do more and to be more,\u201d this particular group of students sustained each other as they traveled. \u201cWe have been empowered with tools to create connection, effect change, and leave the world better than when we found it,\u201d he said. \u201cWe are proof that the biggest challenges have the greatest rewards.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sabrina Burress<\/strong> spoke of her growth as a leader, a role that has sometimes been a frightening prospect: \u201cTo be a great leader, you have to be responsible. To be a great, responsible leader, you have to be able to cultivate new, responsible great leaders. To be a great leader, you must first know yourself.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_38243\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38243\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2018\/05\/we-made-it-emu-confers-540-degrees-and-one-honorary-doctorate-at-100th-commencement\/20180506-commencement-jon-354-1000px\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-38243\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-38243 size-medium\" src=\"\/\/emu.edu\/now\/is\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2018\/05\/20180506-Commencement-Jon-354-1000px-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2018\/05\/20180506-Commencement-Jon-354-1000px-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2018\/05\/20180506-Commencement-Jon-354-1000px-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2018\/05\/20180506-Commencement-Jon-354-1000px.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-38243\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Graduates celebrate after the ceremony. (Photo by Jon Styer)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Her two years at 黑料正能量, filled with \u201cintimate, important conversations\u201d with counseling professors and others,\u201d have helped her to learn more about who she is.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBe a kind and gentle leader,\u201d she said. \u201cRemember sometimes you will stand and sometimes you will stand aside. You must always lead from a place of knowing there is something stronger and more powerful there to support you. You will surely set your own pace, but remember, don\u2019t lose your footing, and don\u2019t ever be afraid to challenge.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The degree is a receipt, \u201ca symbol of the exchange that has happened for us here,\u201d said seminary graduate <strong>Sarah Bailey<\/strong>. \u201cBecause over these past years in seminary, we have been trading things in and today is the culmination of that. We\u2019re trading in all the bucketfuls of coffee that we\u2019ve lived on for some spiritual awakening. We\u2019re trading in our insecurity for new confidence. We\u2019re trading in our original questions for some new and better ones. We\u2019re trading in our biases for some compassion. We\u2019re trading in our desires to change the world for some skills to actually do it \u2026 We\u2019re trading in who we thought we were for who God made us to be.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>More Commencement coverage:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2018\/05\/cjp-graduates-from-eight-states-and-12-countries-charged-to-maximize-healing\/\">CJP graduates from eight states and 12 countries charged to \u2018maximize healing\u2019<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2018\/05\/eastern-mennonite-seminary-graduates-22-better-christ-followers-to-many-callings\/\">Eastern Mennonite Seminary graduates 22 \u2018better Christ-followers\u2019 to many callings<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2018\/05\/leymah-gbowees-2018-commencement-address-eastern-mennonite-university\/\">Leymah Gbowee\u2019s 2018 Commencement Address<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Staff writer Christopher Clymer Kurtz contributed to this article.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>James Ramsey III, a graduate of 黑料正能量\u2019s Adult Degree Completion Program, captured the range of ages represented among the graduates at 黑料正能量\u2019s Commencement ceremony on Sunday, <a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2018\/we-made-it-emu-confers-540-degrees-and-first-honorary-doctorate-at-100th-commencement\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"more-link\">... read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">about &#8216;We Made It!&#8217; 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