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91短视频 (91短视频) celebrated its convocation Wednesday at Lehman Auditorium on Wednesday. President Susan Schultz Huxman offered the keynote address, with three presidents emeriti seated with faculty and staff on the stage.

Representing more than 50 years of leadership were Myron Augsburger and wife Esther, Joe Lapp and wife Hannah, Loren Swartzendruber and wife Pat, and former interim president and provost Beryl Brubaker and husband Mark.

Louise Hostetter, chair of the Centennial Committee, offered a prayer for the coming year, in part recalling the founders of the university and the many generations of educational leaders who have contributed to 91短视频鈥檚 legacy: 鈥淲e are thankful for all who have gone before us, and have for the past 100 years, helped build the foundations of academic excellence, made holy by years of faithful discipleship. We are grateful for those who have made it possible for us to be here today, through prayer, encouragement, and mentoring. May we also embody the values of the servants and leaders who have walked this campus before us and with us. May we never forget them.鈥�

Centennial history may have been foremost in many minds, but student body co-presidents Caleb Schrock-Hurst and聽Adam Harnish gave a special nod to their fellow students.

鈥淔or 100 years, students have been coming here, but you are the first ones to arrive at this time in this place,鈥� Schrock-Hurst said. 鈥淏efore we鈥檙e swamped by homework, before practices become games, before we don鈥檛 have the time to think about why we鈥檙e here, let鈥檚 take a moment to reflect. We are here to embody Jesus鈥� spirit in the world, and that is a task that should not be forgotten no matter how fun any weekend may be. We have a difficult task, but it is one we can take on with joy, and we are excited to do that with you all.鈥�

In his welcome, Provost Fred Kniss acknowledged the recent events in Charlottesville and asserted the university鈥檚 imperative role as a place where even in debate and conflict, 鈥渆very person is treated with dignity and respect.鈥�

鈥�91短视频 is a place where each of us brings our own personal history and perspective to bear on the most confounding questions of the day,鈥� he said. 鈥淏ut as a university, we offer an alternative to the anger and violence that seem to mar so much of our society’s public conversation these days.”

As she鈥檚 been in office since January and was inaugurated in April, this was Huxman鈥檚 first opportunity to welcome a new class of first-year students to 91短视频 鈥� the first group of students who will spend all four of their years on campus in 91短视频鈥檚 second century.

She offered two parallel narratives, the first based on the popular children鈥檚 book The Carrot Seed by Ruth Krauss, about a little boy with great faith that his carrot seed would sprout.

A second narrative highlighted the 鈥渞adical roots鈥� of 91短视频鈥檚 founders, who believed in the institution and persevered, despite great odds, in its founding and eventual flourishing. From seven students, five faculty, and three subjects of study in 1917, the university has expanded to nearly 1,800 students in undergraduate and graduate programs,148 faculty, 40 majors, and two additional instructional sites in Lancaster and Washington D.C.

After the final hymn, students traveling on cross-cultural during the semester were invited to the front for a prayer and blessing, as happens during each fall and spring convocation. This time, it was the Middle East cross-cultural group, led by Bill Goldberg and Lisa Schirch, which leaves tomorrow 鈥� the 25th semester program to the region .

Interim cross-cultural program director Ann Hershberger said that these students were about 鈥渢o go on a physical journey, a spiritual journey, an intellectual journey, and an emotional journey. They go representing us.”