Displaying the sentiments of most of the graduates, Kristina Dehlin ’16 acknowledges her supporters during the announcement of Commencement Honors. Dehlin received the Nikki Kaye Pape President’s Club Award for Excellence in Writing and the Donald R. Koehn Memorial Award presented for outstanding achievement in the humanities. (Photo by Robert Frank III ’14)

Mary Rankin ’16 shouts to her teammates after getting on base during the Titans’ game against Massachusetts Institute of Technology at the NCAA Division III Softball Championships in Salem, Va. IWU finished seventh in the national finals. (Photo by Sideline Media)

With funding from a Youth Engaged in Philanthropy grant, Rachel Shaffer ’16 helped third and fifth graders from Glenn Elementary School learn about healthy food, sustainability and environmental stewardship. She distributed basil seedlings to each student just in time for Mother’s Day. (Photo by Kim Hill)

Named as the conference’s “Player of the Year” in baseball, Matthew Mardis ’16 waits for a pitch in the May 3 game against Monmouth College. Mardis was also selected for the first team of the academic all-district squads. (Photo by William Frank ’14)

Julie Lewis ’16 attended a Bloomington Town Hall meeting last fall and learned bus stops in Bloomington-Normal do not have benches. “It just seemed like a problem that could be solved,” she said. Thanks to funding from the Zoellick Fellowship for Social Entrepreneurship, Lewis organized a Bench Blitz where more than 75 volunteers such as those pictured here, many with little prior experience with tools, made 23 benches in four hours. The benches will be installed at stops on Connect Transit routes. You can view the entire article here. (Photo by Kim Hill)

Mackenzie Jenkins ’16 (left) was one of several legacy graduates receiving degrees at Commencement. The Kemp Commencement Plaza is named in appreciation of a gift from the estate of Glen ’22 and Rozanne Parker Kemp ’27, Mackenzie’s great-grandparents. Pictured from right are Mackenzie’s brother Zack, mother Toni Jenkins ’87 and father Scott. (Photo by Robert Frank III)