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May 8, 2004
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 Carrie Swift of Liberty received a bachelor's degree in music May 8 at Southern Wesleyan University. Swift graduated cum laude. Photo by Conrad LaRosa |
CENTRAL, S.C. – Understanding oneself is as important as understanding the world around us, Dr. Earle Wilson told Southern Wesleyan University graduates.
“God formed us out of the Earth, but we are more than that. We are part of a higher existence,” he said.
Wilson is a Wesleyan author, professor, college president and is a general superintendent of the South Central Administrative Area of The Wesleyan Church. He is completing his twentieth year in this assignment and holds the highest elective office in the denomination.
“Most of our trouble comes not from thinking too highly of ourselves, but from thinking too cheaply of ourselves,” he said. “We have forgotten what it means to be a person.”
Wilson urged the students to understand themselves.
“A person who knows who he is will know what to do,” he said. “Remember who you are. You are sons and daughters of God.”
More than 330 Southern Wesleyan University students received associate’s, bachelor’s or master’s degrees at the university’s graduation ceremonies May 8, according to Registrar Rock McCaskill. The average age of the graduates was 36, he said.
 Southern Wesleyan University students await their turn to cross the stage and receive their degrees at the university’s morning commencement exercises May 8. Photo by Conrad LaRosa |
These ceremonies marked the graduation of Southern Wesleyan University’s first group of Master of Business Administration students. Also, Jamar Rashad Eubanks received the university’s first bachelor’s degree in sports management. And Rupal Ramesh Shah was the university’s first Honors Program graduate, majoring in biology and chemistry.
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