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Milestones: Celebrating the Class of 2024
On May 5, North Central College’s 159th Commencement brought together students, guests, faculty, staff, and trustees to celebrate in the Residence Hall/Recreation Center.
The Class of 2024 comprised 698 graduates — 535 undergraduates and 163 graduate students — representing 27 different states and 17 different countries. The baccalaureate degree candidates included 166 who were among the first generation in their family to graduate from college.
The College conferred an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree on Dr. Eboo Patel, founder and president of Interfaith America, a Chicagobased, national non-profit.
After the presentation of diplomas, the new graduates were welcomed to the North Central College alumni family by Erin Bishop ’93, on behalf of the College’s Board of Trustees. Bishop, who is assistant general counsel at Caterpillar, told the class: “No one achieves this milestone alone ... each of you stood on the shoulders of the Cardinals that came before you, and of the generous alumni who continue to support their alma mater.”
