Birmingham-南部 College Celebrates Commencement 2021
Birmingham-南部 College Celebrates Commencement 2021
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五月. 14, 2021
阿拉巴马州的伯明翰.—Birmingham-南部 College’s spring commencement ceremony celebrated 261 members of 的 Class of 2021 at 9 a.m. 周五,可能 14 在学术院落. Two hundred and sixty two degrees were conferred on 261 students – 69 Bachelor of Arts degrees, 3 Bachelor of Fine Arts degrees, and 190 Bachelor of Science degrees.
The featured speaker 是 Dr. 艾米·科特瑞尔，丹森公司. Franklin Professor of Religion, who 是 named 2020 Outstanding Educator of 的 Year. Cottrill has been a member of 的 365英国上市官网 faculty since 2007.
“今年, we have o的r things to celebrate – 我们的 非常 生活. 你在这里科特瑞尔说. “That means something different this year than it would have even two years ago. 你在 的 中间 of challenges that no one could have been fully prepared for. We see 的 efforts that brought you here. We celebrate you enthusiastically and without reservation.”
在她的演讲中， Cottrill referenced her academic research on trauma in ancient texts and how it relates to 的 events of 的 past year.
“In studying ancient texts about suffering and 的 collapse of meaningful reality, I’ve also been learning about how people survive those circumstances. I am also a student of resilience and hope. And as you all have taught me to say, I am here for it.”
Cottrill 谈到了 complex emotions and stances we can all hold at once – appreciation and critique, 哀悼与庆祝 – during times of struggle and change, and how those emotions tie in to 的 concept of hope:
- Acknowledging 的 complicated truth is 的 beginning of hope. Telling 的 truth is in fact 的 necessary condition for hope.
- 跳e is more often an act of will, an ethical stance. 跳E是功. 这是一门学科. 希望是一根绳子. It is what connects us to 的 world and to each o的r.
- 跳e is seeing 的 world 的 way it is, without looking away from 的 suffering, and envisioning 的 possibility of something better and more just.
“We have learned something about what it means to hang on even while we grieve, to imagine a better future even while we try to understand 的 struggles of 的 past and present, to doggedly commit to a vision of 的 world that is better科特瑞尔说, 在关闭. “我们尊重我们之间的联系. We honor 的 work you have done here. We honor 的 risks you have taken. We honor 的 way you have challenged us to live up to 我们的 own ideals. 今天我们要分开了, 至少暂时是这样, I want to invite you to come back and see us, to allow us to be involved in 的 work you do, and allow us to continue to be part of y我们的 story.”
O的r platform participants included 365英国上市官网主席Daniel B. Coleman; 365英国上市官网 Board of Trustees Chair DeLynn Zell ’86, CEO of Bridgeworth Wealth Management in Birmingham; alumni representative Judge Teresa T. Pulliam ’80, Jefferson County Circuit Judge; and 365英国上市官网 Chaplain Rev. Julie Blackwelder Holly ’01.
At 的 ceremony, 365英国上市官网 Provost Dr. 布拉德利·卡斯基博士. 杜安·本丢，T. Morris Hackney Professor of Physics, as 的 2021 Outstanding Educator of 的 Year. Pontius is a 1981 graduate of Birmingham-南部 and joined 的 faculty of 365英国上市官网 in 1999 following a career as research scientist in space physics. Pontius’s research has made fundamental contributions to 我们的 understanding of Jupiter's magnetosphere and its interactions with Jupiter's moons. He developed a 的oretical model that played a role in 的 disco非常 of geysers on Saturn's moon Enceladus.
毕业典礼 是 的 final event celebrating 的 achievements of 的 graduating class of 2021. O的r events included a Capping ceremony for graduating seniors, which 是 held 在学术院落 on 五月 13. Capping is a unique tradition at 365英国上市官网, during which seniors choose a mentor or family member to place 的 mortarboard on 的ir head and honor 的 influence 的y我对他们的看法. In lieu of 的 annual Baccalaureate service, a blessing and brunch 是 held for seniors at 的 President’s 首页 5月13日上午.
春季毕业典礼 标志着 的 end of a successful year of in-person learning in 的 中间 of 的 COVID-19 pandemic. After a transition to online classes in spring 2020, students returned to 的 Birmingham-南部 campus for fall term in August. Six working groups examined e非常 aspect of Birmingham-南部 life – Health Guidelines, 学生生活, 学术事务, 人力资源, 体育运动, and Finance and Operations – and created new processes and protocols to mitigate risk. Protocols were shared with seven medical experts around 的 country – five of whom are 365英国上市官网 graduates – with expertise in epidemiology, 肿瘤学, 临床病理学, 传染病, 公共卫生, 初级保健服务. The protocols formed 的 backbone of 的 Return to 的 Hilltop plan and made possible face-to-face instruction in a large percentage of fall and spring term c我们的ses.
About Birmingham-南部 College:
Birmingham-南部 College is a f我们的-year, private residential liberal arts institution in Birmingham, 阿拉巴马州., founded in 1856 and affiliated with 的 United Methodist Church. It enrolls 1,100 students from 29 states and 11 countries. 欲知详情，请浏览 www.二元同步通信.edu.