Onyx Fall-Winter 2017

2017 Week of Service

Commencement

It was another successful Week of Service this year, thanks to the many volunteers from all across the country. A total of 31 different events took place in five cities in Indiana, as well as cities in Kentucky, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Florida, Iowa and Colorado. At SMWC, volunteers stocked shelves at the Providence Food Pantry, organized an evening prayer service, worked in the garden at the White Violet Center and cleaned up The Avenue, among other projects. Nancy Payonk '81 volunteers to clean the Our Lady of Fatima Shrine on campus during Week of Service.

Families gathered to celebrate 70 campus, online and graduate students as they were handed their diplomas at the commencement ceremony in May. U.S. Department of State Foreign Affairs Officer Kristin Fleschner, J.D., encouraged graduates to live with hope and optimism during her commencement speech. She was given an honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters Honoris Causa. The 181st commencement ceremony brought the total graduates at SMWC this 2016-2017 academic year to 184.

SMWC faculty and staff lined up along The Avenue near the College gate Thursday, August 17, to cheer on the incoming students. President Dottie L. King, Ph.D., shook hands with and spoke to the freshmen and their family members as each vehicle entered the campus. The SMWC Pep Band was also on hand to serenade them before they were directed to Le Fer Hall for the move-in process. President Dottie King Greets Students on Move-In Day

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