Led by bagpipes under overcast skies, about 340 graduates made their Last March from Kerrwood Hall down to Thorrington Field where they walked across the stage to receive their diplomas on May 3.
Retiring professor and Commencement speaker Jim Taylor (’78) encouraged the graduates to do something unexpected – to pull out and use their cell phones.
“I know what I’m asking you to do flies in the face of wise advice,” he said. “We spend way too much time on our phones. We’re addicted to them. They’re malforming us.”…