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My generation needs to apologize to the class of 2022
By Thomas Reese — June 15, 2022
(RNS) — Thanks to us, this rising generation is the world’s last chance.
Wilberforce University, AME Church school, cancels debt for 2020, 2021 grads
By Adelle M. Banks — June 1, 2021
(RNS) — The school said the amount of debt forgiveness for both classes totals more than $375,000 for the 166 new alumni.
‘Who’s doing Christianity right?’ At Taylor University, Pence invitation highlights evangelical divide.
By Emily McFarlan Miller — May 2, 2019
UPLAND, Ind. (RNS) — Like so much of evangelicalism in the United States, Taylor University has in recent years found itself engaged in a battle for the soul of the movement.
In finding common ground, Jimmy Carter and Liberty U set good example
By Jacob Lupfer — May 21, 2018
(RNS) — Jerry Falwell Jr. and Jimmy Carter offered a model of civility and generosity that all Americans, whether Baptist or not, can stand and applaud.
Jimmy Carter gently jabs Trump at Liberty commencement
By Associated Press — May 20, 2018
(AP) — Former President Carter took a gentle poke at President Trump at the start of a commencement address to graduates of Liberty University in Virginia.
Jimmy Carter to give address at Liberty commencement
By Associated Press — May 19, 2018
(AP) — Former President Carter will deliver the keynote address to about 18,000 graduates Saturday at the conservative Christian university in Lynchburg.
More seminary students leave the Master of Divinity behind
By Yonat Shimron — May 11, 2018
(RNS) — The economics of church decline and practicalities of today’s students, many of whom area already working in churches, may be among the reasons for the drop off in the Master of Divinity degree.
In protest, students walk out on Mike Pence’s Notre Dame commencement speech
By Laken Litman — May 21, 2017
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (USA Today) There were also peaceful protests outside Pence’s commencement speech on Saturday afternoon at Grove City College near Pittsburgh.
Trump promises to protect Christians at Liberty commencement speech
By Lauren Markoe — May 13, 2017
(RNS) "In America we don’t worship government, we worship God," the president told the graduates.
Trump to speak at Liberty University commencement
By Emily McFarlan Miller — March 22, 2017
(RNS) Trump 'is again showing that he has not forgotten evangelicals since he's been president,' said David Brody, breaking the news Wednesday morning on the Christian Broadcasting Network.
Notre Dame avoids Trump controversy as Pence to receive honorary degree
By David Gibson — March 2, 2017
(RNS) The decision to invite the vice president caps months of intense debate over the wisdom of bringing Trump to campus. But it raises other potential concerns.
At commencement services for the Rev. Clementa Pinckney, my heart ached
By guest — May 17, 2016
(RNS) The country has come to “know” the girls' father in mythical terms, as a martyr, hero and fallen soldier in the struggle for justice. But they knew him as “Daddy.”
Orthodox Jewish commencement speaker finds a Shabbat workaround
By Lauren Markoe — May 13, 2015
(RNS) A university found a way for an Orthodox Jewish student to speak at a Saturday commencement, despite the restrictions of Shabbat.
MIT ditches graduation prayer — and may soon gain a humanist chaplain
By Chris Stedman — June 3, 2014
MIT doctoral student Aaron Scheinberg explains why he worked to remove MIT's official graduation prayer, and why the experience convinced him to create a Humanist chaplaincy.
D.C. Archdiocese, Georgetown University spar over Kathleen Sebelius speech
By David Gibson — May 16, 2012
(RNS) Tensions between the Archdiocese of Washington and Georgetown University are escalating ahead of an commencement address by Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius. By David Gibson.
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