{"id":56826,"date":"2024-05-09T14:26:49","date_gmt":"2024-05-09T18:26:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?p=56826"},"modified":"2024-05-09T14:26:50","modified_gmt":"2024-05-09T18:26:50","slug":"graduates-encouraged-to-embrace-sweetness-of-doing-nothing-at-baccalaureate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2024\/graduates-encouraged-to-embrace-sweetness-of-doing-nothing-at-baccalaureate\/","title":{"rendered":"Graduates encouraged to embrace &#8216;sweetness of doing nothing&#8217; at Baccalaureate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><em>Senior class gift to renovate fire pit dedicated to Nathan Longenecker<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-rich is-provider-flickr wp-block-embed-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a data-flickr-embed='true' href="https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/easternmennoniteuniversity\/albums\/72177720316811796" title='2024 Undergraduate Baccalaureate by EasternMennoniteUniversity, on Flickr'><img src='https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53709864108_83913b454a_c.jpg' width='800' height='600' alt='20240504-Commencement - Undergraduate Baccalaureate_MM-039'><\/a><script async src='https:\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js' charset='utf-8'><\/script>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Scroll through the photo gallery.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"799\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/emu-wordpress-multisite-instance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/05\/09141957\/53708742492_50a994e0e0_c.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-56945\" style=\"width:450px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emu-wordpress-multisite-instance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/05\/09141957\/53708742492_50a994e0e0_c.jpg 799w, https:\/\/emu-wordpress-multisite-instance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/05\/09141957\/53708742492_50a994e0e0_c-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/emu-wordpress-multisite-instance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/05\/09141957\/53708742492_50a994e0e0_c-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 799px) 100vw, 799px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"799\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/emu-wordpress-multisite-instance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/05\/09142557\/53710088445_3984697aed_c.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-56952\" style=\"width:450px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emu-wordpress-multisite-instance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/05\/09142557\/53710088445_3984697aed_c.jpg 799w, https:\/\/emu-wordpress-multisite-instance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/05\/09142557\/53710088445_3984697aed_c-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/emu-wordpress-multisite-instance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/05\/09142557\/53710088445_3984697aed_c-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 799px) 100vw, 799px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The undergraduate students who graduated last weekend hold a special place in 黑料正能量 history, said President <strong>Dr. Susan Schultz Huxman<\/strong>, because \u201c2024 is no ordinary graduation exercise.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Officially known as the \u201cCOVID Class,\u201d many of the 2024 graduates entered 黑料正能量 as first-year students in the fall of 2020, having never experienced a high school prom or in-person graduation. They arrived amidst the strictest COVID-19 requirements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And yet, Huxman said, the Class of 2024 has emerged with heroic resolve through four years of multilayered crises&#8230; a global health emergency, economic upheaval and racial reckoning. \u201cA trifecta of turbulence,\u201d she termed it.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHere you are, ready to cross the finish line, much more adaptable, much more resilient, much more humble and empathic, and perhaps, most important, much more attuned to the very values this university is built upon,\u201d she told the crowd of soon-to-be graduates, family members, friends, faculty and staff gathered at Lehman Auditorium for the <strong>Undergraduate Baccalaureate<\/strong> on Saturday, May 4, 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThrough it all, Class of 2024, you have shown the next generation what it means to shoulder setbacks, come what may, and still be immersed in a rigorous and caring academic and life journey,\u201d Huxman said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/EasternMennonite\/videos\/1153319512323548\"><strong>Watch a video recording of the ceremony here.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p>The baccalaureate service is an opportunity for graduating seniors to pause and reflect as they prepare for the grand celebration, 黑料正能量 Provost <strong>Tynisha Willingham<\/strong> said. Legend has it that the tradition began at Oxford University, England, in the early 1400s, when graduates were required, as part of their closing rite of passage, to preach a sermon in Latin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cNow, mind you, no one is going to preach, and it will not be in Latin,\u201d she joked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>\u2018Dolce far niente\u2019<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"799\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/emu-wordpress-multisite-instance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/05\/09142032\/53708742307_9d0c3b64e2_c.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-56946\" style=\"width:450px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emu-wordpress-multisite-instance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/05\/09142032\/53708742307_9d0c3b64e2_c.jpg 799w, https:\/\/emu-wordpress-multisite-instance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/05\/09142032\/53708742307_9d0c3b64e2_c-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/emu-wordpress-multisite-instance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/05\/09142032\/53708742307_9d0c3b64e2_c-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 799px) 100vw, 799px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Maria Esther Showalter, instructor of Spanish language and Hispanic studies, delivers the Baccalaureate address.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Selected by the Class of 2024 as its Baccalaureate speaker, <strong>Maria Esther Showalter<\/strong>, instructor of Spanish language and Hispanic studies, delivered an address on \u201cfinding and sustaining your purpose.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As part of sustaining that purpose, she explained, it\u2019s important to slow down and take breaks to avoid stress and burnout. Among her tips: create a meaningful morning routine, savor your coffee and tea, stop multitasking, simplify your to-do list, read a book, take a walk, go on a run, write in your journal, let go of the fear of missing out, and say \u201cno\u201d more often.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She said she\u2019s recently discovered the Italian phrase, \u201c<em>dolce far niente<\/em>,\u201d which translates to \u201cthe sweetness of doing nothing.\u201d When you\u2019re stressed out, she told the graduating class, try to remember this phrase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c<em>Dolce far niente <\/em>is a form of art,\u201d Showalter said. \u201cIt takes practice. There are no rules. But when you begin to do nothing, keep in mind the opposite of \u2018busy\u2019 is not \u2018lazy\u2019. The opposite of \u2018busy\u2019 is \u2018solitude\u2019. The opposite of \u2018busy\u2019 is being loving and graceful. The opposite of \u2018busy\u2019 is \u2018stillness\u2019. All those opposites are essential for your health, happiness and relationships.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Senior class salutations<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"799\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/emu-wordpress-multisite-instance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/05\/09142052\/53709983984_08f2855fe3_c.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-56947\" style=\"width:450px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emu-wordpress-multisite-instance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/05\/09142052\/53709983984_08f2855fe3_c.jpg 799w, https:\/\/emu-wordpress-multisite-instance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/05\/09142052\/53709983984_08f2855fe3_c-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/emu-wordpress-multisite-instance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/05\/09142052\/53709983984_08f2855fe3_c-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 799px) 100vw, 799px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Senior class co-presidents Hannah Landis, left, and Megan Miller deliver the senior class salutations<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Senior class co-presidents <strong>Hannah Landis<\/strong> and <strong>Megan Miller<\/strong> delivered the senior class salutations, reflecting on their experiences at 黑料正能量.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFor most of us, the growth experience here has been unparalleled, and the support and care from professors and faculty have shaped us and broadened our horizons,\u201d Miller said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She echoed 黑料正能量\u2019s mission, to prepare students to serve and lead in a global context, and said it\u2019s done just that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c黑料正能量 has equipped us to go into the world and positively impact the lives of those around us,\u201d Miller said. \u201cOur stories are just beginning, and the best years of our lives are yet to come.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Senior class gift<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"799\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/emu-wordpress-multisite-instance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/05\/09142114\/53708742122_1c52e3a569_c.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-56948\" style=\"width:450px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emu-wordpress-multisite-instance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/05\/09142114\/53708742122_1c52e3a569_c.jpg 799w, https:\/\/emu-wordpress-multisite-instance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/05\/09142114\/53708742122_1c52e3a569_c-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/emu-wordpress-multisite-instance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/05\/09142114\/53708742122_1c52e3a569_c-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 799px) 100vw, 799px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Lizzy Kirkton, left, senior class business manager, and Julie Weaver, senior class secretary, present the senior class gift.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Lizzy Kirkton<\/strong>, senior class business manager, and <strong>Julie Weaver<\/strong>, senior class secretary, presented the senior class gift.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Class of 2024 raised $485 in funds that will be used to add stone pavers around the fire pit on the 黑料正能量 hill, creating a more safe and welcoming environment. The class gift is dedicated to <strong>Nathan Longenecker<\/strong>, a member of the Class of 2024 who <a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2021\/emu-community-remembers-nathan-longenecker-class-of-24\/\">passed away<\/a> in 2021 after a battle with brain cancer.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWords can hardly encompass the entirety of a person, but if we are to try, some words to describe Nathan would be gracious, kind, patient, intelligent, loyal, charismatic and, in the words of Ben Alderfer, \u2018irritatingly persuasive,\u2019\u201d Weaver said. \u201cIf you were blessed with the opportunity to know Nathan, we know that he impacted your life in a beautiful way.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>To donate to the Nathan Longenecker Memorial Endowed Scholarship Fund created in his memory, <a href=\"https:\/\/fundraise.givesmart.com\/form\/Uqba8w?vid=15harv\">click here<\/a>. Gifts to the fund provide need-based scholarships to incoming 黑料正能量 students.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The closing of a circle<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"799\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/emu-wordpress-multisite-instance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/05\/09142130\/53709654046_babda8bb84_c.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-56949\" style=\"width:450px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emu-wordpress-multisite-instance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/05\/09142130\/53709654046_babda8bb84_c.jpg 799w, https:\/\/emu-wordpress-multisite-instance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/05\/09142130\/53709654046_babda8bb84_c-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/emu-wordpress-multisite-instance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/05\/09142130\/53709654046_babda8bb84_c-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 799px) 100vw, 799px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Shannon Dycus, vice president of student affairs and dean of students, hands 黑料正能量 pins to the graduates.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>In many ways, said 2024 class advisor <strong>Shannon Dycus<\/strong>, vice president of student affairs and dean of students, the Undergraduate Baccalaureate service is meant to complete a circle that would have begun during the students\u2019 first days on campus.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In traditional, non-pandemic times, the first-year students would\u2019ve received 黑料正能量 pins, huddled around the plaza fountain and dropped the pins into it, symbolizing the start of their college journeys. At the end of their senior year, they would have received those pins back to wear at Commencement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The graduating seniors may have missed out on the first part of the ritual, but on Saturday, they took those pins and held them in their hands for the first time.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTonight, we are not closing a simple circle,\u201d Dycus told the Class of 2024. \u201cIt\u2019s got edges and curvy parts on it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The ceremony featured organ music from 2024 graduate <\/em><strong><em>Luke Haynes<\/em><\/strong><em>, singing from 2024 graduates<\/em><strong><em> Maggie Garber McClary <\/em><\/strong><em>and<\/em><strong><em> Thaddeus Jackson<\/em><\/strong><em>; a dedication prayer from deans <\/em><strong><em>Dr. Daniel Ott<\/em><\/strong><em>, <\/em><strong><em>Dr. Tara Kishbaugh<\/em><\/strong><em> and <\/em><strong><em>Dr. David Brubaker<\/em><\/strong><em>; 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