Berry College Board of Trustees chairwoman Karen Holley Horrell said some pushed to get through college as fast as they could.
“Others followed a more scholarly bent. You’ve decided to soak up just a slight bit more knowledge for an extra semester or so,” Horrell said, without asking for a show of hands.
Horrell focused her commencement speech on gifts the students received while completing their degrees at Berry.
“Some gifts from a college experience are expected, some are unexpected,” Horrell said.
She told the Berry students that former Apple executive Steve Jobs, who never actually finished college, spoke of his fascination with a calligraphy class that developed a lifelong appreciation of the grace and beauty of fonts. It was that passion, Horrell said, that contributed to the design of so many Apple devices that are part of daily life.
“In this case, Jobs expected knowledge from his college education and got it in an unexpected way,” Horrell related.
The Cincinnati-based attorney said that the Berry experience strives to offer common skills such as critical thinking, clear communications and relationship building, as well as an appreciation of the beauty of the environment that surrounded their collegiate experience.
Melissa Jean Wallace, of Cartersville, speaking on behalf of the graduates, encouraged her fellow graduates to live the Berry motto, “Not to be ministered unto, but to minister.”
“Be that mentor, be that friend, be that co-worker that inspires those around you,” Wallace said.
Wallace suggested that while December graduates might be a little different, they share a common faith to step across the stage and entire the real world. She urged the graduating class to accept challenges of the future as opportunities to grow as a person and exhibit the kind of generosity that they have been taught at Berry.
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Katelyn Boykin, Loganville
Hillary Carder, Cumming
Nola Cashion, Washington
Callie Clark, Rome
James Clarke, Kennesaw
Kye Cowan, Savannah
Rachel Greene, Hortense
Sarah Grimes, Woodstock
Laura Hatcher, Rome
Holly Jenkins, Fayetteville
Lauren Jones, McRae
Jenevieve Kimmal, Snellville
Daniel Kohl, Piedmont, Ala.
Calli Long, Dalton
Ray Marvin, Rome
Kelsey McKernie, Powder Springs
Jonathan Miley, Covington
Jean Ndzomo, Morrow
Hannah Ortman, Comer
Keila Rivers, Adairsville
Kristen Schuetz, Waco
Allison Segrest, Lilburn
Brittany Shadburne, Rome
Heather Sinard, Temple
Greg Weinstein, Lawrenceville
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Katie Wallace, Watkinsville
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Latoyah Austin, Adairsville
Conrad Beckman, Signal Mountain
Gabby Bell, Elberton
Alex Benn, Orange Park, Fla.
Anthony Bonazza, Richardson
Suzi Bowling, Tyrone
Kristin Brewer, Carrollton
Sarah Bridenbaugh, Marietta
Princess Brownlee, Roswell
Brielle Burns, Pleasantville
Stefanie Cash, Dacula
Dino Ceric, Stockholm, Sweden
David Chiem, Snellville
Caitlin Cockerham, Armuchee
Jenna Crouch, Jupiter, Fla.
Joel Cruz, Rome
Niki Dammann, Shelbyville
Kimberly Fox, Buford
Katherine Freeman, Morganton
Bert Harrison, Gainesville
Ashley Hilliard, Panama City, Fla.
Shantra Hubbard, Saint Marys
Blake Jackson, Ellijay
Christy Kyle, Aiken
Evan Lane, McDonough
Audrey Langford, LaGrange
Alayna LeCroy, Athens
Janet Nagaj, Riverdale
Brittney Nelson, Rome
Ozma Niven, Savannah
Ivy Roberts, Palmetto, Fla.
Nathan Schwartz, Marietta
Ali Shaw, Ocala, Fla.
Rebecca-Lyn Sokolove, Ball Ground
Bethani Spraggins, LaFayette
Randall Stallings, Armuchee
Gabe Steinmeyer, Vermillion
Blaze Wilson, Mount Berry
Christine Worley, Clermont, Fla.
Bailee Wright, Summerville
Patrick Young, Cedartown
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Melissa Wallace, Cartersville
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Tracy Boyles, Dallas
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Theresa Cowart, Powder Springs
Wendy Cox, Smyrna
Dawn Forrest, Dallas
Kendall Foster, Dallas
Ryan Fuller, Smyrna
Jill Hawes, Marietta
Ruth Hesson, Marietta
Molly Mattson, Kennesaw
Kelly McNabb, Smyrna
Marianne Mitchell, Acworth
D’Nena Mock, Acworth
Chad Moore, Calhoun
Bridget Mullett, Marietta
Tricia Patterson, Marietta
Linda Rogers, Marietta
Jason Rood, Cartersville
Jonathan Tanner, Woodstock
Dena Taylor, Acworth
Alvin Thomas, Dallas
Shea Thomas, Kennesaw
Kim Wilcox, Woodstock
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Rebekah Bullock, Lilburn
Amanda Burkhalter, Cave Spring
Rebecca Cheek, Rome
Jessica Cook, Summerville
Randy De Kleine, Gallup
Bailey Duncan, Rome
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