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Speaker points graduates to the ‘web of connections’ through college and moving forward

Submitted by mzuercher on Tue, 05/16/2023 - 13:06
Christina Marr and her son Eli after commencement May 14, 2023

When Mark Jantzen, professor of history, titled his commencement address “This is a historical event,” he probably wasn’t referring to the weather.

Led by faculty, the graduating class usually processes around the Green in the center of campus to enter Memorial Hall for commencement ceremonies.

On this day, the volume of rain falling stopped that – but after a year of historically low rainfall in the Central Plains, few were complaining.

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