ALL GOOD THINGS…

Class of 2003, 103 strong, graduates

Commencement, Saturday, 10:30 a.m.

Dana College said goodbye to 103 students on May 24 and hello to 103 new alumni at what was possibly the last Commencement ceremony to be held in the old gym of Borup Coliseum.

This graduating class was the last to enter into Dana in the 20th century. In their time at Dana, a soaring economy tumbled, a presidential election stood contested, two towers fell in New York and two wars were waged overseas.

The world may seem shaky to the new graduates. But it also seemed uncertain to the Class of 1943 in the midst of a world war, the Class of 1963 in the midst of a cold war and the Class of 1973 in the midst of a cultural war. All these classes had more than troubled times in common, though. They all knew that Dana College had prepared them for whatever they would face and that their classmates would be there to face it with them.

When the world changes too fast, all alumni are invited back home to Dana. We’ll change too — new buildings, new courses, new technology — but Dana’s spirit will always be the same.