2006 Miracle Yearbook

4,11 \‘4.171, .,4.:,...• .4 ,..„ . '41torree .3,i'• 'tsk. ' -ip •.4` !-: . 14 • • • l'','!.• ,;,,,,, ., ,.Commencement ... Br di d( lk tir A At this year's commencement ceremonies, 583 ,47 young adults walked across the platform and received their diploma -- the diploma :t that signified the four years of hard ti work, junk food, long talks and long walks, concentration, and most importantly devotion. This devotion that carried us through the last four years will carry us through the next four and eight and sixteen, for it is without devotion that we fail and with devotion that we will change the world. Whatever happens now only God knows, but what we know now is that our world is a little bit bigger than when we first came. Every year it happens, yet every year it is still bittersweet -- bitter that we must say goodbye to the people and buildings that we have said hello to for four years and sweet because the goal of our purpose here at Cedarville University has finally been accomplished. We have achieved something that was not commonplace for our parents yet is something they have wished for us since the day we started kindergarten. We have graduated from college. The ceremony was a fitting testimonial to the university and its graduating seniors. We were blessed to hear from Mr. Tim Goeglein, who encouraged the students in their next steps in life. Dr. Dixon ended the morning with a prayer of dedication, and the students excitedly threw their hats with an incomparable joy. Following the graduation, the seniors, their families, and friends gathered across the campus to take pictures and say final goodbyes. As we cried and laughed, remembering the good times we had enjoyed, we hoped and prayed this would not be the last time we would see each other, and as I drove away, I knew that Cedarville was not just a college, but a part of my heart. *Autumn West prepares for graduation. "All my friends were there, and we were celebrating the fact that we were done and trying to forget that being done also meant that we were leaving each other after four amazing years!" 262 Spring 164. IrN.1 t lir A. Mr. Tim Goeglein, special assistant to the President of the A. Seniors join the audience in singing their United States and deputy director of Public Liaison, addresses class song: "Be Thou My Vision." the senior class. Br