Convocation Speakers

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YearStudent SpeakerFaculty Speaker
2024Celine Ferguson and
Ben Bugbee		Dr. Robert Campbell III
2023Clair Moonen and
Wesley Kirchner		Dr. Erica Stonestreet
2022Andrenique Rolle and Durran ThompsonDr. Corrie Grosse, Environmental Studies
2021Connor KocklerDr. Ana Conboy, French Studies
2020—Dr. Ken Jones, History [delivered via video due to the pandemic]
2019Owyn Ferguson and Meghan Stretar [SOT]Dr. Corey Shouse, Hispanic Studies
2018David Johnson III and Kaitlyn Kruger [SOT]Dr. Sophia Geng, Languages/Cultures and Gender Studies
2017John P. (Jack) CummingsDr. Kristin Colberg, Theology
2016Ramond MitchellDr. Scott Richardson, Languages and Cultures
2015Alex WaldDr. Benjamin Faber, Psychology [delivered by Dr. Pam Bacon, Psychology]
2014Tyler BrownDr. Kate Graham, Chemistry
2013Andrew HovelDr. Karen Erickson, Languages and Cultures
2012  Patrick Stewart-Hester  Dr. Stephen Wagner, Philosophy
2011Kyle GlynnDr. J. Scott Johnson, Political Science, “Liberty as Central to the Liberal Arts”
2010Colman SilbernagelDr. Bruce Campbell, “Liberal Arts Education and the End of the World as You Know It”
2009Emmanuel McDonaldDr. Thomas Sibley, Mathematics, “Reasonable Doubt”
2008Mr. DalyFr. Mark Thamert, OSB, Modern and Classical Languages, “Wean Yourself”
2007Joseph DalyFr. Rene McGraw, OSB, Philosophy and Peace Studies
2006Kevin MayDr. Rodger Narloch, Psychology
2005Joshua RobinsonDr. Richard Ice, Communication
2004Maxwell SmithDr. Charles Wright, Philosophy, “Freedom, Bondage, and Educated Insight”
2003Michael HahnDr. Michael Livingston, Psychology, “A Few Things I learned in College”
2002Joshua FiedlerDr. Nick Hayes, Chair in Critical Thinking, “Starting the Journey From Saint John’s to Ithaca”
2001Lloyd GriegerDr. Annette Atkins, History, “Welcome to the Real World”
2000Lloyd GriegerDr. Jeffrey Anderson, Peace Studies, “Highway 61 Revisited”
1999–Dr. Thorpe Running, Modern and Classical Languages, “Four Years”
1998–Dr. Bernard Evans, Theology, “Education to Leadership”
1997–Dr. Daniel Finn, Economics and Theology, “Quarks, Tropes, and the Suicide Squeeze”
1996–Dr. Charles Thornbury, English, “A Young Man’s Song”
1995–Jon Hassler, English, Writer in Residence, “The Last Generation of Readers”
1994–Dr. Eugene Garver, Philosophy, “Why We Envy You”
1993–Robert Spaeth, Philosophy and Mathematics
1992–Dr. R. William Franklin, History and Theology