Mr. Daniel Lett, trustee and president of the alumni board and a 1991 graduate of McKendree, will announce and present the esteemed 2001 William Norman Grandy Faculty Award. The criteria upon which the award is based includes a personal commitment to the student body, a commitment to the ideals of the college as evidenced by a working rapport with faculty peers and administrators, and an awareness of and participation in the community that McKendree College serves. Ypma received this award in the year 2000. Lett will also induct the class of 2001. The Technos International College Award will be presented by a representative from the Tanaka Ikueikai Educational Trust to a student who has demonstrated leadership, outstanding academic achievement and a commitment to promoting international understanding.
Music is a component of both services.
At the Baccalaureate service, Dr. Nancy Ypma, professor and director of music, will play the prelude, which will be a piece by Vaughn Williams, entitled Rhosymedre, followed by the Processional in G. Major by John Stanley. During the recessional, Ypma will play the composer C.M. Widor s Toccata from Symphony V . The Commencement Service will begin with a prelude of German s Festival Fanfare played by Ypma, followed by a Processional to Elgar s Pomp and Circumstance, and then the National Anthem. Reverend Tim Harrison, Chaplain and Director of Church Relations at McKendree, will take part in both services. Commencement Exercises for 2001 will come to a close with a choral benediction, the school song and the recessional.