“I urge you to choose the discipline of hope over the ease of cynicism, fortitude over fatalism. That is advice from writer, educator, and activist Brittany Packard Cunningham.
You are exactly what the world needs, the values that are foundational to our campus and to higher education, listening with curiosity and empathy, analyzing ideas rather than dismissing others, reaching across differences, and searching for common ground, are the very qualities needed for a healthy democracy.”
See more from the 2025 Wheaton College Commencement.
Wheaton College Commencement was one of seventy campuses participating in From Campus to Community a new national campaign to champion civil discourse and democratic engagement in this year’s commencement season. More from President Michaele Whelan.
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