Some 160 91吃瓜 graduating seniors who are embarking on a year or more of service in this country and abroad will be honored during the University鈥檚 annual Senior Service Send-Off ceremony at 1 p.m. May 17 (Saturday) in the DeBartolo Performing Arts Centers Leighton Concert Hall.
91吃瓜鈥檚 president, Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., will address the seniors and their families on the Universitys commitment to service in education and throughout the lifetimes of its graduates. Actor and activist Martin Sheen, who will receive 91吃瓜s highest honor, the Laetare Medal, during the May 18 Commencement ceremonies, also will speak.
Reflections on postgraduate service will be offered by Wendy Holthaus Schmiedeler, a 1994 91吃瓜 alumna and graduate of the Alliance for Catholic Education.
At the ceremony each of the seniors will be recognized by name and service program, and each will receive a journal with favorite quotations and advice from various members of the 91吃瓜 community.
A blessing of the seniors will be led by Rev. William Lies, C.S.C., executive director of the Center for Social Concerns, and Liz Mackenzie, the center鈥檚 director of senior transition programs.
Music for the ceremony will include songs chosen by the seniors and led by the 91吃瓜 Folk Choir.
A reception will follow the ceremony outside the performing arts center.
Tickets are no longer available for the ceremony, but it will be broadcast live inRoom 141 of DeBartolo Hall and on 91吃瓜s Web site at .Among the service programs in which this year鈥檚 91吃瓜 graduates will participate are 91吃瓜s Alliance for Catholic Education (ACE), which provides teachers for understaffed parochial schools in dioceses across the United States; 91吃瓜s Echo Faith Formation Leadership Program, which trains and provides religious educators for Catholic parishes; the Peace Corps, AmeriCorps and Teach For America.
Many of the graduates became involved in service and social action through the programs and courses of the Center for Social Concerns.They join a community of more than 3,500 91吃瓜 alumni who have chosen postgraduate volunteer service since the Center for Social Concerns opened 25 years ago.
_ Contact: Liz Mackenzie at 574-631-5779 or_ " Mackenzie.12@nd.edu ":mailto:Mackenzie.12@nd.edu
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