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May 27, 2018 — OK, it wasn't quite the royal wedding. The sun was absent, as were the 16-foot veils. But NMH's 135th Commencement brought "Jerusalem," the school song, to joyous life by "shining forth" upon the "clouded hills" around campus as nearly 190 graduates collected their diplomas amid cheers, balloons, and flowers.
Like every graduation, it was a ceremony full of adulation, starting with Rev. Lee-Ellen Strawn, NMH's chaplain. "With each task completed, you've created hope for your future," she told the Class of 2018.
Commencement speaker Adam Fisk '94, a computer software developer whose nonprofit company, Brave New Software Project, Inc., provides access to the internet in countries where governments typically censor it, pointed out that many of the graduating seniors in the audience were born in the year 2000. "That means you're true children of the 21st century," he said. He dispensed what he called one of his favorite pieces of wisdom, from boxer Mike Tyson. "He said, 'Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth,'" Fisk offered. "The joy is in getting back up."
Senior orator Naomi Christiansen '18 was a bit more wistful, articulating the bittersweet limbo in which she and her fellow graduates find themselves — between childhood and adulthood, between high school and their next ventures. "We may be too old for our parents to put a certificate of achievement on the fridge," she said, "but today we get to congratulate ourselves."
Story by Jennifer Sutton.