Graduating student Soriah Rodriguez hugs her mother during Celebremos on May 21 at the Lakeside Meeting Rooms.
Monarch butterflies, a symbol adopted by Elon’s El Centro to represent a journey, adorned the stoles presented to students at ¡Celebremos!: Graduates Take Flight on May 21, hosted by El Centro and the Center for Race, Ethnicity and Diversity Education.
Seniors received their stoles, as well as a gift from Elon University President Connie Book. While they received their stoles, letters that students had written to their “villages,” or the people who supported their Elon journeys, were read aloud by members of Elon staff…