On Saturday, May 8, the University honored the graduates of Fall 2020 and Spring 2021 over the course of four commencement ceremonies. The commencement ceremonies were held in the gymnasium for the first time since December 2019. To gather with the graduates and their families and sing “Great is Thy Faithfulness” together was a poignant moment for those in attendance.
President Williams addressed each group of graduates, encouraging and exhorting them from Hebrews 12:1–2. He encouraged them to find comfort in the “great cloud of witnesses,” to “throw off the sin that so easily entangles,” and to “run with endurance the race that is set before you.” Most importantly, he reminds them to “fix your eyes on Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith.”