In their letter of recommendation to the Honors Committee, the senior class officers wrote, “We feel that Lois Raimondo is an excellent candidate for the 2005 Commencement speaker because she embodies the ideals of Wittenberg. She exemplifies our motto, ‘Having Light We Pass It On To Others,’ and now she would like to pass her experiences and wisdom on to future Wittenberg alumni.”
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Around Myers Hollow
Photojournalist to Address Class of 2005
The Class of 2005 has selected award-winning photojournalist Lois Raimondo ’81 to present the keynote address and receive an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters at Wittenberg’s 160th Commencement Exercises on May 14. Raimondo, whose work has appeared in national and international daily, weekly and monthly publications, including the Washington Post, received the Weintal Prize for Diplomatic and Foreign Reporting for her coverage in Afghanistan, and she was previously a Pulitzer Prize finalist for an investigative series exposing corruption in a housing project while she worked for New York Newsday. The White House News Photographers Association (WHNPA) honored her in 2000 with six awards.In addition, National Geographic featured her images and words in a 28-page spread from her 10 weeks on the war front in Afghanistan. A double major in English and East Asian Studies and exemplary athlete, Raimondo was honored as a Wittenberg Fellow in 2002 in recognition of her professional excellence. For more on Raimondo, log on to www.wittenberg.edu
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