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DESC: University acknowledges those individuals in the Walden community who will be missed and those serving the military.
ON A MORE SOMBER NOTE, I ALSO WANT TO SHARE THAT, SINCE WE GATHERED TOGETHER AT COMMENCEMENT LAST TIME, OUR WALDEN ACADEMIC COMMUNITY HAS LOST SEVERAL VALUED MEMBERS:
RUFUS BRYANT, PH.D. STUDENT; HEIDI MAGOON CONNOR, PH.D. STUDENT; C. GBESI, PH.D. STUDENT; DR. KERRY HENRICKSON, FACULTY MEMBER; DR. JENNIFER DION JOHNSON, PH.D. ALUMNA; MARTIN RIGGAN, M.S. STUDENT; DR. EVELYN THOMPSON, FACULTY MEMBER; STEVE WAURIG, PH.D. STUDENT; AND PATRICIA WILBERT, B.S. STUDENT.
PLEASE JOIN ME IN A MOMENT OF SILENT TRIBUTE TO THEM.
WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO TAKE THIS TIME TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO ARE SELFLESSLY SERVING THEIR COUNTRY IN THE ARMED FORCES, ESPECIALLY OUR STUDENTS, AND THOSE WHO ARE FAMILY MEMBERS AND FRIENDS OF THE WALDEN COMMUNITY. WE ALSO REMEMBER AND HONOR THE MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES WHO HAVE BEEN LOST SERVING THEIR COUNTRIES AND EXTEND OUR WARM THOUGHTS TO THEIR FAMILIES AND LOVED ONES.