Rev. John Van Nuys, a 1983 Wabash graduate and the paster of Wabash
Avenue Presbyterian Church, gave the Baccalaureate Sermon. Members of
Pastor Van Nuys' church were among the founders of Wabash College 175
years ago this year.
Faculty Marshal Tobey Herzog leads the Class of 2008 into the Chapel for
the Baccalaureate Service. In this photo, Chris Geggie, who was chosen
as a Commencement Speaker, shares a fond moment with Fran Hollett H’85.
Honors graduate Wassim Labaki. Wassim is a native of Lebanon, and his
parents were able to clear visa and passport issues to join their son at
his graduation — all the way from the Middle East.
All-American track man Geoff Lambert. Lambert was second at the 2007
NCAA Indoor Track Championships.
Gabe Guerrero looks for family members in the audience.
Bernard Meyer served as president of the Malcolm X Institute of Black
Studies.
It was standing room only at the Baccalaureate Service for the Class of
2008.
Faculty veterans David Hadley, Aus Brooks, and Vic Powell bring up the
back of the faculty procession. Faculty march in order of seniority,
from the newest professors to the longest-serving teachers.
Rev. Ruth Chadwick Moore celebrated the men in the Class of 2008 and
their mothers while giving the Baccalaureate invocation. Rev. Moore is
the mother of John Moore, a member of the Class of 2008 and one of the
men chosen to give a Commencement address. Rev. Moore is the Associate
Pastor of the Northminster Presbyterian Church in Indianapolis.
Wabash President Patrick E. White read from the Scripture, John
19:38-42, at the Baccalaureate Service.
Steve Bowen ’68, Chairman of the Wabash College Board of Trustees, gave
morning prayers at the Baccalaureate Service.
Wabash alumnus John Van Nuys ’83, pastor at Wabash Avenue Presbyterian
Church in Crawfordsville, gave the Baccalaureate sermon.
Rev. John Van Nuys, a 1983 Wabash graduate and the paster of Wabash
Avenue Presbyterian Church, gave the Baccalaureate Sermon. Members of
Pastor Van Nuys' church were among the founders of Wabash College 175
years ago this year.
Faculty Marshal Tobey Herzog leads the Class of 2008 into the Chapel for
the Baccalaureate Service. In this photo, Chris Geggie, who was chosen
as a Commencement Speaker, shares a fond moment with Fran Hollett H’85.
Honors graduate Wassim Labaki. Wassim is a native of Lebanon, and his
parents were able to clear visa and passport issues to join their son at
his graduation — all the way from the Middle East.
Faculty veterans David Hadley, Aus Brooks, and Vic Powell bring up the
back of the faculty procession. Faculty march in order of seniority,
from the newest professors to the longest-serving teachers.
Rev. Ruth Chadwick Moore celebrated the men in the Class of 2008 and
their mothers while giving the Baccalaureate invocation. Rev. Moore is
the mother of John Moore, a member of the Class of 2008 and one of the
men chosen to give a Commencement address. Rev. Moore is the Associate
Pastor of the Northminster Presbyterian Church in Indianapolis.