CELEBRATING EXCELLENCE AT NLU 2024 COMMENCEMENT On June 15, 2024, National Louis University conferred degrees to more than 2,500 graduates at the University’s 138th Commencement ceremonies in Illinois and Florida. Graduates and their families gathered at the Arie Crown Theater in Chicago for three ceremonies covering six colleges, and at the Coliseum in St. Petersburg for the Tampa campus ceremony.
NCE graduation speaker Sylvia Peters ’59 and Dean Carolyn Theard-Griggs ’00 MEd
F eatured speakers included Sylvia Peters ’59, a nationally- recognized educator and member of the National College of Education (NCE) Brain Trust (an advisory council comprising prominent NCE alumni), who told NCE graduates that “when people learn that you’re a graduate of this great institution, they’re going to know that their children and our country are in great hands.” Ty Smith, a highly-decorated Navy Seal and tech entrepreneur, spoke to graduates of the Undergraduate College, and reminded them that as they go out into the world, “of everything you can be, be a human first. Love thy neighbor. You have no idea how you will touch people.” DaZay Green ‘24, spoke at the Undergraduate College ceremony as a representative of the graduating class. Green grew up on the southside of Chicago and shared his plan to return
to and serve his community post- graduation by working as a drama and theatre teacher at his alma mater, Butler College Prep High School. Dr. Brad Braxton, President of the Chicago Theological Seminary, spoke at the joint ceremony for Kendall College, Accelerate U, Graduate School of Business and Leadership (GSBL), and College of Psychology and Behavioral Sciences (CPBS). Dr. Braxton called the graduates to action, saying “I came this evening to enlist you in the herculean task of transforming the world and bringing about better days.” Claudia Carabajal ‘24 reminded her fellow graduates to celebrate themselves, especially in light of what they had to overcome to reach graduation day. “It took me nearly fifteen years to muster the courage to return to school,” she said, “I pushed through this fear, gathered my courage, and pressed forward.”
NLU IS EXTREMELY PROUD OF ITS GRADUATES AND ALL THEY HAVE ALREADY ACCOMPLISHED AND HAVE YET TO ACCOMPLISH. CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN TO THE CLASS OF 2024!
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