Published: June 2011
You are about to join a family of nearly 160,000,” John Feudo ’82, associate vice president for alumni relations, told more than 1,800 members of the Class of 2011 at a May 20 ceremony on Bapst lawn. Representing the golden jubilee Class of 1961, Peg Collins, a retired middle school teacher, bestowed a maroon eagle pin on Ashley Kallarakal, a biochemistry major and international studies minor representing the Class of 2011. Feudo then led the now traditional champagne toast.
Fr. Michael Himes, professor of theology, addressed the assembled classes: “It’s often said when people graduate that they’re leaving to enter the real world. I’ve got news for you. This is the real world . . . where people try ever to excel, where people try to be men and women for others.”
