What was the biggest thing to happen at Campbell when you were a student?

We’re working on the next issue of Campbell Magazine, which will be a special issue focused on our School of Osteopathic Medicine. When it opens with its first class in August 2013, it’ll be one of the biggest days in the university’s history.

That got us thinking: What were the biggest developments, the biggest stories, the biggest things that people were talking about at Campbell when you were a student here? 

Let us know by leaving a comment. Selected responses will appear in the next issue of the magazine, which will hitting mailboxes in late July. 

A few photos from Day 1 of Campbell University’s five commencement ceremonies. On Friday, May 10, Campbell’s School of Law, the College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences, and the Divinity School conferred degrees on 343 students. The College of Arts & Science, the School of Education, and the Lundy-Fetterman School of Business will holds its graduation ceremonies today, Saturday, May 11. 

When you graduate today, you will become the latest testimony of fulfilling Campbell’s mission as a university where faith, learning, and service excels. I hope your Campbell experience has made you more aware of the challenge to be committed to a life of service to others as the chief aim of your life. In doing so, you can accept the high calling of Jesus to become the salt of the earth and the light of the world. … How do you become the salt of the earth and the light of the world? The prophet Micah points the way in Micah 6:8: ‘What does the Lord require of you? To do justice, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God.’ I pray that the graduates of the Class of 2013 will have the courage to work for a more just world, beginning where you are in your ministry. I pray that your last word in helping to maintain and repair human relationships will be compassionate mercy. I pray that you will open your life to a daily walk with God where your mind and spirit will be renewed and formed and inspired and directed.

Campbell President Jerry Wallace during the Campbell Divinity School’s spring commencement and worship service on May 10, 2013.

Graduating students reflect on undergrad experience

Campbell University will confer degrees to more than 500 undergraduate and 300 graduate students on Friday and Saturday across five commencement ceremonies. Six very-soon-to-be Campbell alumni   reflected on their undergraduate experience at Campbell. Read what these six members of the Class of 2013 have to say about how they’ve grown, what they’ve learned, what they’ll miss, and where they’re off to next after the jump.

To other members of the Class of 2013, feel free to add your own memories of your time at Campbell in the comments. Or, submit your own entry or photos that speak to or reflect your Campbell experience. And if you’re on Twitter or Instagram, be sure to tag your posts and photos related to graduation #Campbell13 so we’ll be sure to see them. We’ll compile your tweets related to graduation for a Storify that we’ll share with our followers on our social media channels and on Campbell.edu, and we’ll use the photos to create a new background for our Twitter page.

(And earlier we posted an entry in recognition of National Teacher Week that highlighted six future teachers who’ll graduate from Campbell on Saturday and in August.)

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Photo of the Week: Students celebrate their graduation during Campbell University’s 104th commencement ceremony in May 1990. Among those who graduated were members of the charter class of the School of Pharmacy, which is now the College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences. 

Photo of the Week: Students celebrate their graduation during Campbell University’s 104th commencement ceremony in May 1990. Among those who graduated were members of the charter class of the School of Pharmacy, which is now the College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences.