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Approximately 372 undergraduate students and 36 graduate students are expected to participate in the two ceremonies on May 8, walking across the B.J. Haan Auditorium stage to receive their diplomas.

The day will include both an undergraduate commencement ceremony as well as a graduate commencement and hooding ceremony, which will be .

The undergraduate commencement ceremony will begin at 9:30 a.m. in the B.J. Haan Auditorium and is ticketed, with overflow seating available in the Recreation Center. The ceremony will celebrate the accomplishments of students completing their undergraduate studies and will include a faculty procession in full regalia, the conferral of degrees, and a time of worship and thanksgiving for God’s work in the lives of students. A lunch reception will follow.

Dr. Tom Clark, professor of mathematics at ������ý, will deliver the undergraduate commencement address, titled “Let’s Go Exploring!” Clark’s address will draw on Jesus’ image of being “yeast in the dough,” encouraging graduates to consider how their presence can bring life and transformation in the communities they enter.

The graduate commencement and hooding ceremony will take place at 2 p.m. in the B.J. Haan Auditorium. This ceremony recognizes students who have completed their master’s degrees, many of whom have balanced their studies alongside careers, family responsibilities, and other commitments. A light reception will follow.

Donald Roth, J.D., professor of business and criminal justice, will serve as the graduate commencement speaker. His address, titled “Soli Deo Gloria,” will explore the idea of glory as “excellence made manifest.”

“This can inspire our education and lives in ways that go beyond surface-level gestures,” says Roth. “My challenge to our graduates is to see that our calling to glorify God is a calling to embody—to make manifest—the excellence of the God we image.”

About ������ý

As an institution of higher education committed to the Reformed Christian perspective, ������ý equips students, faculty, alumni, and the broader community to work toward Christ-centered renewal in all aspects of contemporary life. Located in Sioux Center, Iowa, Dordt is a comprehensive university named to the best college lists by U.S. News and World Report, the Wall Street Journal, Times Higher Education, Forbes.com, Washington Monthly, and Princeton Review.