IMPACT A P U B L I CAT IO N O F R EGE N T UN I V E R SI T Y
VOL. 6 ISSUE 4 JUNE 2015
A Call to
GREATNESS Distinguished alum Dr. Jay Sekulow challenges graduates to become the next great generation
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orning clouds gave way to sunshine and a beautiful spring day on Saturday, May 9, for Regent University’s historic 35th commencement ceremony. Nearly 1,000 of Regent’s 1,500 graduates – the largest class ever – participated in the ceremony to receive their associate, bachelor’s, master’s or doctoral degree. Their achievements were recognized by an audience of 7,500 family members, friends, faculty, staff and honored guests.
Among those honored guests was commencement speaker and Regent alumnus Dr. Jay Sekulow. The chief counsel of the American Center for Law and Justice and the European Centre for Law and Justice has presented oral arguments before the United States Supreme Court and the International Criminal Court in The Hague. He told Impact that address-
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ing Regent’s Class of 2015 was different than those other experiences, because his focus was on the graduates: “A commencement speech … takes on more of a role of an exhortation and a charge, rather than a legal argument.” That charge evoked World War II’s “greatest generation” and challenged the university’s graduating class to accept that same mantle of leadership: “I believe that your generation has that same responsibility — to be the greatest generation. Because the threats, the level of engagement, the adversaries are sophisticated, are here, (and) are in your country of origin.”
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STANDING READY
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TRUE HUMILITY
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