RECORD-SETTING CLASS TO GRADUATE FROM GRACE SATURDAY

Grace College and Seminary’s graduation ceremony is this Saturday at 9 a.m. in the Manahan Orthopaedic Capital Center. Commencement will honor 603 graduates, including some August and December graduates. 464 of those will be on hand to receive their diploma-making it the largest group of graduates ever to walk in the Grace College and Seminary commencement. Associate Professor of Communication Mike Yocum is will address those in attendance, as will Student Body President Evan Kilgore and student Daniel Rosenberg, Jr. Saturday marks the end of the first year of the fully-instituted Measure of Grace initiative, which reduced the total cost of undergraduate tuition by 9-percent with an additional $500 reduction each consecutive year an undergraduate student returns to Grace. it also created a 3-year bachelor’s degree program at no additional cost.