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Finlandia University handed out diplomas at its commencement ceremony in the Hirvonen Hall Auditorium Sunday.
Student speaker Arty Puntus, a native of Belarus, also noted that the special challenges his class faced will have a silver lining…
Speaker Vance Blackfox, director of Indigenous Ministries and Tribal Relations for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, explained how his ancestors in the Cherokee nation contributed to his life story, and asked graduates what their stories are based on…
Blackfox then challenged them to craft their stories to have positive effects today, and on future generations.
Dr. Richard Gee of the Criminal Justice program was honored with the Distinguished Faculty Award.
