{"id":1448,"date":"2014-05-22T08:42:57","date_gmt":"2014-05-22T12:42:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/2014\/05\/beshear-to-speak-at-transylvanias-commencement\/"},"modified":"2020-07-14T13:56:04","modified_gmt":"2020-07-14T17:56:04","slug":"beshear-to-speak-at-transylvanias-commencement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/2014\/05\/beshear-to-speak-at-transylvanias-commencement\/","title":{"rendered":"Beshear to speak at Transylvania\u2019s commencement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"imgBordersRight\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/news\/images\/illustrations\/commencement_broad.jpg\" alt=\"Commencement\" width=\"240\" height=\"143\" \/>LEXINGTON, Ky.\u2014Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear will speak at Transylvania University\u2019s\u00a0 commencement ceremony Saturday, May 24, at 9:30 a.m. in front of historic Old Morrison. Two hundred and forty-six students will receive bachelor\u2019s degrees before they head off to graduate and professional programs or enter the workforce with the critical thinking and creative problem solving skills that a liberal arts education provides\u2014and the current economy demands.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;Transylvania University has produced smart, well-rounded and well-equipped graduates longer than any other institution in Kentucky, and I am honored to serve as the commencement speaker,\u201d said Gov. Beshear. \u201cI&#8217;m looking forward to sharing a few pieces of hard-earned advice before these bright young men and women venture out into Kentucky and the rest of the world. I am confident that they&#8217;re going to make our Commonwealth very proud.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\nA two-term governor, Beshear has championed education initiatives that improved the state\u2019s rankings in areas such as the number of young adults who have received a high school diploma or its equivalent and the number of high school graduates who go on to college.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nTransylvania senior Karl Alexander Schmitt, a biology major from Fort Mitchell, Ky., will give the student address, \u201cWhat\u2019s in a Name?\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>\nDuring the commencement ceremony, Transylvania will also award an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters to two alumni: Lula Morton Drewes, class of 1967, and Patrick H. Molloy, class of 1963.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nDrewes, a Lexington native and graduate of Bryan Station High School, was the first African American student to receive a degree from Transylvania University. Drewes went on to earn a doctorate from Vanderbilt University and today is a clinical psychologist and licensed wellness coach.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nMolloy, formerly an assistant U.S. attorney in both Texas and Kentucky who has enjoyed a long and varied legal career, is also a Lexington native. He received a law degree from the University of Kentucky in 1967. Unbeknownst to Drewes, Molloy was responsible for providing the scholarship funds necessary for her to complete her education at Transylvania.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nMolloy\u2019s friend and co-conspirator, Michael Mitchell \u201863, will receive the President\u2019s Award for his role in supporting Drewes\u2019 matriculation at Transylvania.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n(Read <a href=\"\/sites\/default\/files\/news\/arch_story.htm?id=961\">more<\/a> about their story.)\n<\/p>\n<h4>The class of 2014<\/h4>\n<p>\nDuring their four years on campus, the graduating seniors have distinguished themselves in many ways:\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>\n\tThirty-six percent of the graduates will receive honors in their academic program areas, which include such varied disciplines as computer science, German studies, international affairs, business administration, sociology\/anthropology, exercise science, educational studies, physics, theater, music technology and one of the university\u2019s newest majors, the multidisciplinary philosophy, politics and economics. \u00a0\n\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>\n\tFour seniors designed their own majors in women&#8217;s studies, neuroscience (which is now a regularly offered major) and environmental studies and sustainability.\n\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>\n\tFifty-eight percent of the seniors studied abroad or did internships in 36 countries, including Argentina, China, Cuba, Denmark, Dominican Republic, India, Madagascar, New Zealand, Norway, Tanzania and Turks &#038; Caicos.\n\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>\n\tOver four years, the seniors have devoted more than 2,000 hours to community service and advocacy.\n\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>\n\tA number of graduates will continue their service in various ways, including by joining Teach for America in Mississippi, St. Louis, and Memphis; helping with political campaigns; and working as a marine science educator on board the schooner <em>Adventuress <\/em>through the non-profit organization Sound Experience based in Port Townsend, Wash.\n\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>\n\tOther graduates have received prestigious grants and fellowships to continue their educations in various ways and at a number of institutions, from pursuing a Ph.D. in biochemistry, cellular, and molecular biology at Johns Hopkins University; to studying law at the University of Kentucky and Penn State; to studying culinary arts at Le Cordon Bleu in New Zealand; to studying at Indiana University&#8217;s School of Public and Environmental Affairs; to analyzing tobacco advertising at Duke University; to translating ancient Chinese texts at a Buddhist monastery in California.\u00a0\n\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>\nRead the Lexington Herald-Leader <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kentucky.com\/2014\/05\/24\/3257762\/three-pioneers-of-integration.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">article<\/a>.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<ul><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LEXINGTON, Ky.\u2014Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear will speak at Transylvania University\u2019s\u00a0 commencement ceremony Saturday, May 24, at 9:30 a.m. in front of historic Old Morrison. Two hundred and forty-six students will receive bachelor\u2019s degrees before they head off to graduate and professional programs or enter the workforce with the critical thinking and creative problem solving skills that a liberal arts education provides\u2014and the current economy demands. &#8220;Transylvania University has produced smart, well-rounded and well-equipped graduates longer than any other institution in Kentucky, and I am honored to serve as the commencement speaker,\u201d said Gov. Beshear. \u201cI&#8217;m looking forward to sharing a few pieces of hard-earned advice before these bright young men and women venture out into Kentucky and the rest of the world. I am confident that they&#8217;re going to make our Commonwealth very proud.&#8221; A two-term governor, Beshear has championed education initiatives that improved the state\u2019s rankings in areas such as the number of young adults who have received a high school diploma or its equivalent and the number of high school graduates who go on to college. Transylvania senior Karl Alexander Schmitt, a biology major from Fort Mitchell, Ky., will give the student address, \u201cWhat\u2019s in a Name?\u201d During the commencement ceremony, Transylvania will also award an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters to two alumni: Lula Morton Drewes, class of 1967, and Patrick H. Molloy, class of 1963. 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