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All students, faculty, staff and friends are invited to the 2004 Multifaith Baccalaureate Celebration on Saturday morning, June 12, at 9:30 a.m. in the Main Quad in front of Memorial Church.
The Baccalaureate celebration is, for seniors, the bookend to the Opening Convocation for the class four years ago. It includes a senior speaker and guest speaker, the music of Talisman and Taiko, and participation from many different traditions, under the auspices of the Office for Religious Life. Graduate school and professional school graduates, families and friends are also invited to this festive time of thanksgiving and inspiration for the future. No tickets are required.
Graduating students are invited by the Senior Class Presidents to a free Hobee's Coffeecake and Coffee breakfast in front of Memorial Church, at 8:30 a.m.
They should be wearing cap and gown, and be ready by 9 a.m. for the procession out of Memorial Church to the Quad for Baccalaureate.
The Baccalaureate Address will be given by The Rev. Jim Wallis. Wallis is a Christian evangelical pastor and the founder and editor-in-chief of Sojourners Magazine. He is also well known as a activist, writer and speaker who has helped mobilize broad religious movements around issues of racism, economic justice, peacemaking and disarmament. Convener of the Call-to-Renewal, Rev. Wallis has assembled a broad-based federation of churches and faith-based organizations dedicated to overcoming poverty. He has been a regular contributor to NPR, MSNBC and newspapers like the New York Times, Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times. He is the author of a number of books, including The Soul of Politics (1994), Who Speaks for God (1996), and Faith Works (2000). He lives with his wife and two children in Washington, D.C.
The Baccalaureate Student Address will be given by Tarek Ghani, senior in Symbolic Systems with honors in International Security. He spent a year volunteering in Afghanistan with the transitional government on economic development, aid coordination and state-building. He has also been active in Stanford's public service community, including social activism and social entrepreneurship. Tarek plans to devote his life to positive social change in the third world through international development policy making. He believes passionately in his peers' ability to make a difference, locally and globally.
The Senior Class Presidents and members of Stanford Associated Religions (SAR) will also participate.