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This year\u2019s student speaker was Alicyn Croley who challenged her classmates to &#8220;leave every person and place better than it was found.&#8221; This message, originally shared by retiring political science professor Don Dugi, served as a charge for the graduating class, encouraging them to not just achieve but to impact, to contribute and to take responsibility for what is around them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Croley is from Williamsburg, Kentucky. She double majored in philosophy and political science. During her time at Transylvania, she was a four-year member of the women&#8217;s volleyball team, ODK president and a member of Chi Omega, the Pre-Law and Public Policy Society and several honor societies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following graduation, Alicyn plans to attend law school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The following is a transcript of Croley\u2019s prepared remarks:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Good morning. President Lewis, faculty, staff, families, and to my fellow members of the Class of 2025. I am honored and humbled to address you today. As I stand here, I\u2019m reminded of the remarkable people who surround me, students who represent the full spectrum of what it means to succeed at Transylvania. Among us are scholars who pushed the boundaries of research and creativity. Athletes who became national champions and teammates who showed up day after day with grit and heart. Leaders who built organizations, led service projects, and made space for voices that needed to be heard. And individuals who persevered quietly, with determination that never made headlines but shaped this campus all the same.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The diversity of paths we\u2019ve walked at Transy is something to be proud of. But there is also something we\u2019ve all shared: the experience of learning in a place small enough to be personal and demanding enough to make us better. Here, we weren\u2019t allowed to drift in the back row unnoticed. Our professors knew our names and, more than that, they knew when we weren\u2019t quite ourselves. Our classmates became collaborators, friends, and sometimes challengers, asking us to think more deeply and show up more fully. One of those professors who shaped this community for decades is Dr. Don Dugi. Many of us know his name, some of us had the privilege of sitting in his classroom and unfortunately graded our papers. For fifty years, he taught political science at Transy, and more than that, he embodied what it meant to belong to an academic community. On his final day of teaching, he shared something that\u2019s stayed with me, and maybe with many of you. He said that his goal, every day, was simple: <em>\u201cto leave every person and place better than it was found.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That line has echoed in my mind ever since. It\u2019s the kind of wisdom that doesn\u2019t shout, but sticks. Because if you\u2019ve really been part of Transy, you know that\u2019s what this place asks of you. Not just to achieve, but to impact. Not just to succeed, but to contribute. \u201cLeave every person and place better than you found them.\u201d It\u2019s not just a personal ethic. It\u2019s a challenge. And it\u2019s one I think we\u2019re ready to meet. Transylvania didn\u2019t just teach us to think. It taught us to care. To notice. To take responsibility for what\u2019s around us. Whether we\u2019re heading into graduate programs, jobs, public service, or somewhere completely unplanned, that lesson remains. We\u2019re stepping into a world that\u2019s uncertain, polarized, and fast-moving. But if we carry Dr. Dugi\u2019s words with us, if we commit ourselves to leaving people and places better than we found them, then we won\u2019t just be reacting to the world. We\u2019ll be helping to shape it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And the truth is, that doesn\u2019t require a grand platform. Sometimes it just looks like listening when it\u2019s easier not to. Speaking up when silence would be more comfortable. Leading with integrity in spaces where it\u2019s not the norm. Or simply doing your job, whatever it is, well, and with respect for the people around you. We\u2019re not the same people who arrived here four years ago. And that\u2019s the point. This place stretched us. It tested us. It gave us room to grow. But it also reminded us that growth isn\u2019t just about reaching new heights, it\u2019s about becoming more aware of the impact we have on others, and how we use it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To my classmates: thank you for the ways you\u2019ve made this place better, for your honesty, your effort, your humor, and your resilience. And as we go our separate ways, my hope for us is simple: that we carry this Transy habit with us. That we keep showing up. Keep asking questions. Keep pursuing bold paths. 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