Saturday, May 8, 2021

A Commencement to Remember

It was a Commencement Day like no other for Virginia Wesleyan University. With COVID-19 precautions in place, four socially-distanced ceremonies celebrated the nearly 330 members of the Class of 2021 on May 8 in TowneBank Arena in the Jane P. Batten Student Center.

This year has been so different from anything we’ve experienced in our lifetimes. But the Class of 2021 made it through and now joins our 10,000 Marlin alumni whose experiences at Coastal Virginia’s premier university of the liberal arts and sciences will continue to inform careers and contributions in this region and around the world.

I thank Dr. Timothy Carter, President of the Boston-based environmental advocacy organization Second Nature, for providing an excellent Commencement address. The University presented honorary doctoral degrees to Dr. Carter; Dr. Richard Ekman, President of the Council of Independent Colleges; Dr. Susan Torma Beverly ’72, Retired School Administrator and Philanthropist; and Dr. David R. Black, President-Emeritus of Lakeland University and Eastern University and this year’s Baccalaureate Speaker.

Congratulations to all!

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