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Around Myers Hollow
Commencement 2005
For the third year in a row, Mother Nature didn’t hold up her end of the bargain, but that did little to dampen the spirits of the more than 400 members of Class of 2005 as they participated in the 160th-Year Commencement exercises. A standing-room-only crowd packed the Health, Physical Education and Recreation (HPER) Center to recognize the graduates. Hundreds of guests were also able to view a video broadcast of the ceremony in more than 12 classrooms in nearby Hollenbeck Hall. Lois Raimondo ’81, an award-winning photojournalist for National Geographic and the Washington Post, delivered the keynote address, urging the graduates to look beyond the obvious, superficial and tangible elements of life, and encouraging them to put their education to good use. “Be attentive, not just with your eyes and ears, but with your heart,” said Raimondo. “I know now, 24 years later, how important this place was to my formation. Trust in this. Powerful seeds have been planted.” Raimondo received an honorary doctorate of humane letters during the ceremony, along with writer, editor and author Richard Zimmerman ’56, Frederick Aigner ’65, president and chief executive officer of Lutheran Social Services of Illinois, received an honorary doctorate of divinity. Senior Class President and Alma Mater Ann Bixel also addressed the graduates. “Wittenberg is a place of origin for each and every one of us in the Class of 2005. It is the origin of our independent lives. It is the origin of our futures.” JR Runkel ’95, alumni board president, concluded the ceremony by welcoming the class to the Alumni Association.
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