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Then, after receiving words of congratulations and inspiration from NCU President Gordon Anderson and senior class speaker Sutton Rehwaldt, students one by one took the traditional walk across the platform to receive their hard-earned diplomas. In a fitting close to the ceremony, the graduates gathered up front to be surrounded by and prayed over by NCU faculty, who sent them out to employ their gifts, talents, passions, and newly completed undergraduate degrees in fulfillment of Christ\u2019s Great Commission.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/events.lifetouch.com\/eventHomepage.aspx?EventID=144158\">Commencement photos<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"North Central University Spring Commencement 2015\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Vz9CP8iFYYI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Friends and family packed out the auditorium at Cedar Valley Church in Bloomington to celebrate the Class of 2015.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ncu-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - 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