BLOOMINGTON, Ill. – The 2015 class of Illinois Wesleyan University received words of advice on finding their voice, and preparing themselves for the years ahead on Tuesday (Aug. 16) at the annual New Student Convocation in Westbrook Auditorium.
“The diversity of your backgrounds, interest, talents and ideas will add enormously to the vitality of our campus community and will enrich the broader community in which you will live,” said University President Richard F. Wilson welcoming the students, and bidding them to “bear forth the University’s hopes” for the future.
Keynote speaker, Illinois Wesleyan University Professor of Political Science William Munro, encouraged students to embrace a love of learning as a way of life. “You stand on the cusp of a new phase in your lives,” he said.
As winner of the Kemp Foundation Award – the University’s highest teaching honor – Munro received the privilege of addressing the New Student Convocation. Munro presented the students with a challenge – to step beyond the fears they might have of people’s perceptions, and delve into the questions of the world around them.