IU President Michael A. McRobbie presided and IU South Bend Interim Chancellor Jann Joseph gave her farewell remarks to graduates. She has taken the position of president at Georgia Gwinnett College near Atlanta. She closed her address by saying, I want you to look around. I want you to remember this moment. You probably won’t remember anything anyone said tonight but I want you to remember this moment. Earning a college degree has changed the trajectory of your life. It has set into motion a chain of events that will benefit you the rest of your life. It did for me and it will for you.
The Distinguished Alumni Award was presented to Robert H. Johnson. He served in several executive-level positions at Fortune 500 companies, including president of Sprint’s consumer business, area president and chief customer officer of Frontier Communications, executive vice president for AT&T Wireless, and president of AT&T Aviation Communications.
Student Government Association President Kevin Schascheck delivered the student address. He said, In times where higher education and the pursuit of truth are being attacked, we are called to reflect on how we can use our degrees to be better citizens. Let’s be engaged. Let’s fight for what’s right.
Janae Leuthold, a graduating Communications major, performed a takeover of the IU South Bend Instagram account for commencement. Her behind-the-scenes photos can be viewed here.
A compilation of community-curated social media photos and posts using the official commencement hashtag #IUSB2019 is available here.
A video of the highlights of the ceremony can be seen athttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwu45RN5snY&feature=youtu.be
