Seattle nivU ersity ScholarWorks @ SeattleU Commencement Programs 2016 2016 Commencement Program Seattle niU versity Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.seattleu.edu/commencementprograms Recommended Citation Seattle nivU ersity, "2016 Commencement Program" (2016). Commencement Programs. 94. https://scholarworks.seattleu.edu/commencementprograms/94 This Program is brought to you for free and open access by ScholarWorks @ SeattleU. It has been accepted for inclusion in Commencement Programs by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks @ SeattleU. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. To the 2016 Graduates, Congratulations on your graduation from Seattle University and welcome to commencement at KeyArena. We are grateful to be able to hold commencement here because it allows so many of your family and friends to be together and to celebrate the completion of your degree and your transition from student to alumni. I hope that as alumni you will be ambassadors for the university. I am always thrilled to see alumni who are wearing a Seattle U cap or sweatshirt. I am often amazed at how much people seem to identify for so much of their lives with the college or university they attended, such that it becomes a part of their identity. I believe that far more important than the way in which a person focuses their identity around their university is the contribution of your families to who you most truly are. So today, as we celebrate you, and express our gratitude for all you have given to Seattle U over the course of these past years, we would like to join with you in thanking the families, friends, partners and children who have made this journey possible and accompanied you along the way.