Xavier University 176Th Commencement, May 17, 2014 Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH
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Xavier University Exhibit Xavier University Commencement Ceremonies University Archives and Special Collections Digital Collection 5-17-2014 Xavier University 176th Commencement, May 17, 2014 Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH Follow this and additional works at: https://www.exhibit.xavier.edu/commencement THE STUDENT COMMITMENT We are Xavier Musketeers. We are unique individuals who come together in the spirit of St. Ignatius, to learn together, to serve together and we will succeed in changing the world together. We act with integrity, justice and generosity. 176th All for one and one for all. COMMENCEMENT may 17, 2014 Xavier Alma Mater “This composition of our time and place embraces six billion people with their faces young and old, some being born and others dying, some white and many brown and yellow and black. Each one is a unique individual, they all aspire to live life, to use their talents, to support their families and care for their children and elders, to enjoy peace and security and to make tomorrow better. Thanks to science and technology, human society is able to solve problems such as feed- ing the hungry, sheltering the homeless or developing more just conditions of life, but stubbornly fails to accomplish this. How can a booming economy, the most prosperous The Seal of Xavier University and global ever, still leave over half of humanity in poverty? The seal of Xavier University combines three principal ideas: St. Francis Xavier, patron Injustice is rooted in a spiritual problem, and its solution requires a spiritual conversion of the university; the Jesuit order of which he was a distinguished member; and the uni- of each one’s heart and a cultural conversion of our global society so that humankind, versity. The five vertical stripes suggest the coat of arms of the Xavier family. A right arm with all the powerful means at its disposal, might exercise the will to change the sinful wearing the Jesuit robe holds aloft the crucifix, signifying St. Francis Xavier preaching structures afflicting our world.” Christ crucified. The three sea shells signify the three journeys of Xavier into the Orient. Rev. Peter-Hans Kolvenbach, S.J. Above the shield is the Jesuit seal, IHS, the first three letters of the name Jesus in Greek. Superior General Emeritus of the Society of Jesus Santa Clara University, October 6, 2000 Below is the Jesuit motto, AMDG [Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam], which translates “to the Greater Glory of God,” and the words Vidit Mirabilia Magna, a phrase from the psalms applied to St. Francis Xavier, which translates “he has seen great wonders.” UNDERGRADUATE CEREMONY PROCESSIONAL CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES CLASS OF 1964 XAVIER UNIVERSITY FACULTY AND STAFF ADMINISTRATION JOHN A. ELET, S.J., SCHOLAR Michael Petrany BOARD OF TRUSTEES GRAND MARSHAL Jo Ann M. Recker, S.N.D. de N., Professor of French, Modern Languages PRESIDENT Michael J. Graham, S.J. MASTER OF CEREMONIES Scott A. Chadwick, Provost and Chief Academic Officer POSTING OF COLORS Xavier University ROTC Battalion THE NATIONAL ANTHEM Xavier University Harmon-X INVOCATION Brendan Kelly, 2014 Recipient of the Dorothy Day Award PRESENTATION OF MAGIS AWARD Debra Homan Eschmeyer William Verkryke, S.J., Presenter PRESENTATION OF LEADERSHIP MEDALLION AWARD Charles P. Gallagher Robert J. Kohlhepp, Presenter PRESENTATION OF PAuL o’ConnoR, S.J., LEADERSHIP AWARD Sr. Rose Ann Fleming, S.N.D.de N. Kathlyn R. Wade, Presenter CONFERRAL OF HONORARY DEGREE Michael J. Graham, S.J. Matthew F. Kelly, Doctor of Humanities, honoris causa Robert Heidt, Presenter COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS Matthew F. Kelly STUDENT ADDRESS Michael Petrany, John A. Elet, S.J., Scholar PRESENTATION OF CANDIDATES FOR DEGREESS Scott A. Chadwick Janice B. Walker, PhD, Dean, College of Arts and Sciences D. Mark Meyers, PhD, Dean, College of Social Sciences, Health, and Education Brian D. Till, PhD, Dean, Williams College of Business CONFERRAL OF DEGREES ALUMNI GREETING William Wester, President, National Alumni Association ALMA MATER XAVIER Xavier University Harmon-X BENEDICTION Jo Ann Recker, S.N.D. de N. CLOSING REMARKS Michael J. Graham, S.J. 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