2010 Miracle Yearbook

COMMENCEMENT I t happens every year, a gathering the likes of which are unseen any other time ofthe year. Masses gather. Regalia come out of the moth balls. Excitement is at a fever-pitch. Once again, an entire class of Cedarville students is graduating. For the one-hundred and fourteenth time. Commencement took place in the Doden Field House,the only building capable of hosting the six-hundred and fifty plus graduating students and all their adoring family and friends. Dan T. Cathy, president and chief operating officer of Chick-fil-A, gave the rousing commencement speech, encouraging graduates to continue running the race and passing the baton. He even gave each student a commemorative silver baton so they could always remember his lesson. Then the moment they were all waiting for. The moment each student hears his or her name announced and can make their way across the stage to shake the hand of the man himself, Dr. Bill Brown. They receive their diploma and just like that, they have graduated. College degree, check. Some students received more than just a degree. Many were honored with awards for excellent performance during their time here at Cedarville, including SGA VP Clara Gebert and Jonathan Walburg, both of whom received the President's Trophy for being, well, for being amazing. The award honored the two outstanding students for their leadership, ministry, community and campus involvement, athletic performance, and academic achievement. But commencement itself wasn't the end of this day. No,the graduates had family to celebrate with, friends to say goodbye to, and pictures to take. Still, the senior class was no more. Now a whole new set of alumni entered the world. Dr. Bill Brown,fully suited in his rather stylish regalia including a replica ofthe Cedarville seal about his neck,oversees the proceedings ofthe day