One Hundred & Thirty-Fifth Spring Commencemnt (2021)
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“School is the greatest opportunity in the world. Here students … become educated men and women, become leaders, but most of all it is their chance to improve Campbell University themselves, to open the door to a new world.” One hundred & thirty-fifth – J.A. Campbell, founding president, Campbell University Spring Commencement May 7, 2021 | 10:00 a.m. Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law “School is the greatest opportunity in the world. Here students … become educated men and women, become leaders, but most of all it is their chance to improve themselves, to open the door to a new world.” – J.A. Campbell, founding president, Campbell University 2 Campbell University Campbell University One hundred & thirty-fifth Spring Commencement & Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law Fort y-thir d Commencement Friday, May 7, 2021 10:00 a.m. Red Hat Amphitheater R aleigh, North Carolina Jesus, Savior, About the presidents Pilot Me and J. Br adley Creed Psalm 1 (2015-current) James Archibald Campbell An accomplished scholar and historian of religion, opened Buies Creek Academy he became Campbell University’s fifth president on January 5, 1887 in a small room July 1, 2015. Prior to coming to Campbell, he served at the local Baptist church. as the provost at Samford University and associate dean and professor of Christian History at the George Sixteen students, ranging W. Truett Theological Seminary at Baylor University. from ages 6 to 21, showed up for classes, while five A Jacksonville, Texas, native, Dr. Creed received a older boys helped build a Bachelor of Arts in Religion from Baylor University schoolhouse nearby. as well as Master of Divinity and Doctor of Philosophy degrees from Southwestern Baptist Campbell was ecstatic. As Theological Seminary. students entered the makeshift classroom, he greeted each one: Under his leadership, Campbell has continued “Well, well. You’ve come to to thrive, implementing a multi-year strategic school! Now, I wonder if you plan, which includes strengthening support for can spell by heart?” student scholarships and the construction of a new student union. Then he led them in singing one of his favorite hymns, Jesus, Savior, Pilot Me. Afterward, he Jerry McLain Wallace read aloud Psalm 1. (2003-2015) For as long as J.A. Campbell An ordained Baptist minister and longtime Campbell lived, the school began each About Campbell University administrator, he oversaw a physical transformation new academic year with the of main campus and the addition of five new health Established in 1887 as an academy the establishment of the School of commitment to global education, programs, including the medical school. singing of the hymn and the with a charter-class enrollment of 16 Pharmacy, now called the College of Campbell students enroll in reading of the passage. students, Campbell University has Pharmacy & Health Sciences. international programs in Asia, Africa, developed into a major university with Europe and the Americas. Norman Adrian Wiggins more than 6,500 students. Students The Campbell University Divinity (1967-2003) Alma Mater Currently, more than 50 students are hail from throughout North Carolina, School was established on October 25, A 1948 Campbell College graduate and a Wake We hail our gracious Alma enrolled in a Campbell degree program the United States and around the world. 1995, and enrolled the founding Forest Law School graduate, he led efforts to found Mater Singing this glad refrain class in August 1996. In 2009, the at Tunku Abdul Rahman University the law, education, pharmacy and divinity schools We’ll honor her with all our Established as a liberal arts college, Norman Adrian Wiggins School of College in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. and achieve university status. might, And cherish every vein. which initially awarded associate Law relocated to downtown Raleigh, The 42-year academic partnership will and bachelor degrees, the academic becoming the first law school in the end in 2021, having produced nearly Chorus program of Campbell University was capital city. The Jerry M. Wallace 15,000 alumni. Leslie Hartwell Campbell Come and sing to dear ol’ greatly expanded in 1976 when the School of Osteopathic Medicine (1934-1967) Campbell is committed to the mission Campbell, Pledge a tribute, too. trustees authorized the establishment welcomed its first class in 2013, of providing its students with a A 1908 Buies Creek Academy graduate, he taught We’ll praise her for all her merit, of graduate programs in education followed by the Catherine W. Wood Christian worldview and a charge to be math and served as dean before succeeding his father And honor her with truth. and business and the awarding of the School of Nursing in 2014 and the “the salt of the earth and the light of the and leading the school through World War II and its Master of Education and Master of School of Engineering in the fall We yield to her our world.” Open to all qualified students, transformation to a four-year college. Business Administration degrees. of 2016. true allegiance, Raising Campbell’s student body includes her banner high. Doctoral programs were authorized Because of the University’s strategic persons from multiple faith traditions. James Archibald Campbell We’ll stand with her thru by the trustees in 1976 with the location, Campbell provides additional (1887-1934) Campbell has been led by five peace and strife, Her name establishment of the Norman campus educational opportunities presidents: James A. Campbell, Leslie A Baptist minister who founded Buies Creek will never die. Adrian Wiggins School of Law and at Fort Bragg/Pope Army Airfield, H. Campbell, Norman Adrian Academy at age 25, he kept the school alive after a fire the awarding of the Juris Doctor Camp Lejeune, Raleigh, Sampson Jimmy Elton Tutor '65 Wiggins, Jerry M. Wallace and the destroyed nearly all of campus and through World degree. The Doctor of Pharmacy Correctional Institution, and Online. current president, J. Bradley Creed. War I and the Great Depression. degree was approved in 1985 with In keeping with the University’s 2 Campbell University Jesus, Savior, About the presidents Pilot Me and J. Br adley Creed Psalm 1 (2015-current) James Archibald Campbell An accomplished scholar and historian of religion, opened Buies Creek Academy he became Campbell University’s fifth president on January 5, 1887 in a small room July 1, 2015. Prior to coming to Campbell, he served at the local Baptist church. as the provost at Samford University and associate dean and professor of Christian History at the George Sixteen students, ranging W. Truett Theological Seminary at Baylor University. from ages 6 to 21, showed up for classes, while five A Jacksonville, Texas, native, Dr. Creed received a older boys helped build a Bachelor of Arts in Religion from Baylor University schoolhouse nearby. as well as Master of Divinity and Doctor of Philosophy degrees from Southwestern Baptist Campbell was ecstatic. As Theological Seminary. students entered the makeshift classroom, he greeted each one: Under his leadership, Campbell has continued “Well, well. You’ve come to to thrive, implementing a multi-year strategic school! Now, I wonder if you plan, which includes strengthening support for can spell by heart?” student scholarships and the construction of a new student union. Then he led them in singing one of his favorite hymns, Jesus, Savior, Pilot Me. Afterward, he Jerry McLain Wallace read aloud Psalm 1. (2003-2015) For as long as J.A. Campbell An ordained Baptist minister and longtime Campbell lived, the school began each About Campbell University administrator, he oversaw a physical transformation new academic year with the of main campus and the addition of five new health Established in 1887 as an academy the establishment of the School of commitment to global education, programs, including the medical school. singing of the hymn and the with a charter-class enrollment of 16 Pharmacy, now called the College of Campbell students enroll in reading of the passage. students, Campbell University has Pharmacy & Health Sciences. international programs in Asia, Africa, developed into a major university with Europe and the Americas. Norman Adrian Wiggins more than 6,500 students. Students The Campbell University Divinity (1967-2003) Alma Mater Currently, more than 50 students are hail from throughout North Carolina, School was established on October 25, A 1948 Campbell College graduate and a Wake We hail our gracious Alma enrolled in a Campbell degree program the United States and around the world. 1995, and enrolled the founding Forest Law School graduate, he led efforts to found Mater Singing this glad refrain class in August 1996. In 2009, the at Tunku Abdul Rahman University the law, education, pharmacy and divinity schools We’ll honor her with all our Established as a liberal arts college, Norman Adrian Wiggins School of College in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. and achieve university status. might, And cherish every vein. which initially awarded associate Law relocated to downtown Raleigh, The 42-year academic partnership will and bachelor degrees, the academic becoming the first law school in the end in 2021, having produced nearly Chorus program of Campbell University was capital city. The Jerry M. Wallace 15,000 alumni. Leslie Hartwell Campbell Come and sing to dear ol’ greatly expanded in 1976 when the School of Osteopathic Medicine (1934-1967) Campbell is committed to the mission Campbell, Pledge a tribute, too. trustees authorized the establishment welcomed its first class in 2013, of providing its students with a A 1908 Buies Creek Academy graduate, he taught We’ll praise her for all her merit, of graduate programs in education followed by the Catherine W. Wood Christian worldview and a charge to be math and served as dean before succeeding his father And honor her with truth.