{"id":56809,"date":"2024-05-09T14:13:17","date_gmt":"2024-05-09T18:13:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?p=56809"},"modified":"2024-05-09T15:10:38","modified_gmt":"2024-05-09T19:10:38","slug":"you-have-transformed-our-campus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2024\/you-have-transformed-our-campus\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018You have transformed our campus\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><em>Third annual Lavender Graduation honors achievements, contributions from LGBTQ+ students<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>EMU hosted its third annual <strong>Lavender Graduation<\/strong> on Saturday, May 4, 2024, in the Old Common Grounds space (University Commons 177).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-rich is-provider-flickr wp-block-embed-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a data-flickr-embed='true' href='https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/easternmennoniteuniversity\/albums\/72177720316819868' title='2024 Lavender Graduation by EasternMennoniteUniversity, on Flickr'><img src='https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53709843518_5fa818815c_c.jpg' width='800' height='600' alt='Lavender Graduation 2024 Graduates'><\/a><script async src='https:\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js' charset='utf-8'><\/script>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Scroll through the photo gallery.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The event honors LGBTQ+ graduates and alumni of all races and ethnicities, and celebrates their unique experiences, achievements and contributions to the university.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This year, the ceremony&nbsp;recognized 17 graduates from the LGBTQ+ community. <strong>Kathy Evans<\/strong>, professor of teacher education, and <strong>Heike Peckruhn<\/strong>, associate professor of religious studies, bestowed the graduates with rainbow stoles to wear at Commencement. Class of 2024 graduates <strong>Riley Quezada <\/strong>and <strong>Kory Schaeffer<\/strong> provided keynote addresses, sharing their own stories about being part of the LGBTQ+ community.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/emu-wordpress-multisite-instance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/05\/09110729\/20240504-EMU-Lavender-Grad-43-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-56855\" style=\"width:450px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emu-wordpress-multisite-instance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/05\/09110729\/20240504-EMU-Lavender-Grad-43-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/emu-wordpress-multisite-instance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/05\/09110729\/20240504-EMU-Lavender-Grad-43-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/emu-wordpress-multisite-instance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/05\/09110729\/20240504-EMU-Lavender-Grad-43-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/emu-wordpress-multisite-instance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/05\/09110729\/20240504-EMU-Lavender-Grad-43-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/emu-wordpress-multisite-instance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/05\/09110729\/20240504-EMU-Lavender-Grad-43-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Left to right: Lavender Graduation host Erin Bruemmer and keynote speakers Kory Schaeffer and Riley Quezada.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The first Lavender Graduation ceremony was celebrated at the University of Michigan in 1995. Ronni Sanlo began the tradition after being denied to her own children\u2019s graduations because of her sexual identity. Today, more than 200 colleges and universities offer Lavender Graduation ceremonies for their students. The first of these at EMU was held in 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/emu-wordpress-multisite-instance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/05\/09110925\/20240504-EMU-Lavender-Grad-12-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-56856\" style=\"width:450px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emu-wordpress-multisite-instance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/05\/09110925\/20240504-EMU-Lavender-Grad-12-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/emu-wordpress-multisite-instance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/05\/09110925\/20240504-EMU-Lavender-Grad-12-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/emu-wordpress-multisite-instance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/05\/09110925\/20240504-EMU-Lavender-Grad-12-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/emu-wordpress-multisite-instance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/05\/09110925\/20240504-EMU-Lavender-Grad-12-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/emu-wordpress-multisite-instance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/05\/09110925\/20240504-EMU-Lavender-Grad-12-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Jackie Font-Guzm\u00e1n, vice president of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, gives her remarks at Lavender Graduation.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Jackie Font-Guzm\u00e1n<\/strong>, vice president of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, reflected on the recent progress made at EMU while acknowledging some of the work left to be done. She cited the LGBTQ+ History Month keynote delivered by transgender woman and health and equity advocate <a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2023\/queer-student-alliance-welcomes-tori-cooper-for-keynote-address\/\">Tori Cooper<\/a> in October, the renaming of Safe Space to Queer Student Alliance and the community\u2019s participation in the filming of <em><a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2024\/documentary-on-emu-to-air-in-millions-of-homes-across-the-country\/\">Viewpoint with Dennis Quaid<\/a><\/em> as a few of the accomplishments of the graduating class.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cYou have transformed our campus, and I have no doubt that you will all transform the world,\u201d Font-Guzm\u00e1n told the graduates on Saturday.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u2018Leaps and bounds of progress\u2019<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Quezada, a music education major from Mount Jackson, Virginia, and <a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2024\/tributes-by-faculty-staff-for-2024-cords-of-distinction-honorees\/\">Cords of Distinction<\/a> recipient, spoke about how their experience at EMU helped them feel comfortable in embracing their true identity.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"533\" height=\"799\" src=\"https:\/\/emu-wordpress-multisite-instance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/05\/09135526\/53708721367_445be24c54_c.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-56935\" style=\"width:400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emu-wordpress-multisite-instance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/05\/09135526\/53708721367_445be24c54_c.jpg 533w, https:\/\/emu-wordpress-multisite-instance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/05\/09135526\/53708721367_445be24c54_c-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 533px) 100vw, 533px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Riley Quezada shares their experiences at Lavender Graduation.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe all remember our first year here in 2020 during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic,\u201d Quezada said. \u201cThat was a crazy year, but it was also the year I decided to let myself be fully and authentically me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When Quezada applied to EMU, all their paperwork was under their \u201cdead name,\u201d and they were planning to keep it that way. But, after interacting with \u201cthe amazing professors here\u201d and getting to know their many accepting friends, Quezada said \u201cI knew it was safe to change my name and my pronouns to my preferred ones.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFrom there, I found my voice, and I knew that I had to be a voice for those who felt just like me, those who were scared of coming into their own skin and becoming themselves,\u201d they said. \u201cBeing active in advocacy and making sure that everyone&#8217;s voice is heard was something I didn&#8217;t know that I could do, but I am grateful to have been that person for people on campus.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/emu-wordpress-multisite-instance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/05\/09111020\/20240504-EMU-Lavender-Grad-18-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-56857\" style=\"width:400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emu-wordpress-multisite-instance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/05\/09111020\/20240504-EMU-Lavender-Grad-18-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/emu-wordpress-multisite-instance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/05\/09111020\/20240504-EMU-Lavender-Grad-18-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/emu-wordpress-multisite-instance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/05\/09111020\/20240504-EMU-Lavender-Grad-18-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/emu-wordpress-multisite-instance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/05\/09111020\/20240504-EMU-Lavender-Grad-18-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/emu-wordpress-multisite-instance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/05\/09111020\/20240504-EMU-Lavender-Grad-18-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Kory Schaeffer delivers a keynote address at Lavender Graduation.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere is so much visibility on campus, and EMU has made leaps and bounds of progress. But there&#8217;s still work to be done, and I&#8217;m excited to see what else this campus does,\u201d they added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Schaeffer, a Harrisonburg, Virginia, native who graduated from the <a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2024\/photos-remarks-from-2024-cjp-graduation\/\">Center for Justice and Peacebuilding<\/a> with a master\u2019s degree in conflict transformation, spoke about his days in middle school and the bullying he endured.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI felt like I was walking the halls with a target on my back,\u201d he said, \u201cbecause something was different inside me and everyone around me could tell.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And so, for the first 20 years of his life, he said, he hid his sexuality because \u201cI understood my survival depended on it.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But, at EMU, he&#8217;s found a space of belonging where he feels accepted and recognized. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFor the past two years, I have walked the grounds of Eastern Mennonite University as an open, proud, vulnerable, and authentic person, not hiding the bits of me that so many of us have had to keep secret on this campus for so long,\u201d Schaeffer said. \u201cAnd this is remarkable.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The event also featured a moment of solidarity, silence and visibility for those who are not out nor will ever be out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Heike Peckruhn <\/em><\/strong><em>delivered opening remarks. <\/em><strong><em>Erin Bruemmer \u201924 <\/em><\/strong><em>served as emcee. <\/em><strong><em>Riley Quezada<\/em><\/strong><em>, <\/em><strong><em>Tyler Williams <\/em><\/strong><em>and <\/em><strong><em>Emma Nord<\/em><\/strong><em> performed music.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Third annual Lavender Graduation honors achievements, contributions from LGBTQ+ students EMU hosted its third annual Lavender Graduation on Saturday, May 4, 2024, in the Old Common Grounds space (University Commons <a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2024\/you-have-transformed-our-campus\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"more-link\">... read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">about \u2018You have transformed our campus\u2019<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":302,"featured_media":56814,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16077,17562],"tags":[5854,18058,18118],"feature":[],"class_list":["post-56809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-commencement-alumni","category-digest","tag-commencement","tag-dei","tag-lavender-graduation"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - 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