To Make an Impact

Almost constantly with a smile as she presents members of the DePauw University class of 2022 with their diplomas, President Lori White greets a graduate as she walks across the stage during commencement Sunday morning.

Meanwhile, local volunteer Kelsey Kauffman speaks after being bestowed an honorary doctorate of public service in recognition of her work in reforms regarding treatment of and opportunities for prison inmates.

As the ceremony’s keynote speaker, technology journalist and 1998 graduate Jon Fortt yearns for the new class to have a purpose, and then make an impact, wherever they might be after DePauw.

Beforehand, Walker Cup recipient Christina Bourantas addresses her peers.