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MLK colleague: Each of you can make a difference
Nonviolence “begins in the human
heart,” the Rev. Dr. Otis Moss Jr.
told a Manchester audience at the
48th annual Martin Luther King Jr.
Remembrance and Rededication
Ceremony. “It’s about how we
treat each other in all of our
relationships.”
Each year, a special lecture at MU
commemorates the anniversary of
King’s visit to Manchester on
Feb. 1, 1968, his last on a college campus.
Moss was a colleague and friend of King and spoke on “Learning from
the Life and Teaching of Martin Luther King Jr. from Generation to
Generation.” The civil rights leader and longtime pastor said he admires
the work Manchester has done. “Thank you,” he said, “for what you
have given to the nation and the world for more than a century.”
Moss challenged each member of the audience to “build community
in the midst of chaos.” Nonviolence, he said, “has never lost.” But
we lose when we don’t believe in nonviolence and because “we
have never truly tried it.”
King would rather we continue his legacy than grieve his loss, Moss
said. He would want us “to seek, to create, a better world and a more
just society.” The retired pastor of Olivet Institutional Baptist Church in
Cleveland, Ohio, Moss encouraged the predominantly student audience
to reflect on what they’re doing with their lives. Remind yourselves, he
said, that “in my time, in my space, I can make a difference.”
Recent grads find success
Most of Manchester University’s 238 spring 2015 graduates have
jobs or are in graduate school. The 2015 success rate is 98 percent,
nearly a full point higher than 97.1 percent in 2014.
“Manchester graduates are well-prepared academically and have
practical experiences that make them highly successful in the
job market,” said Tish Kalita ’08, MU director of career and
professional development.
Year after year, MU’s newest graduates report success – at a five-year
average above 95 percent.
In MU’s accounting program, for example, virtually every spring
2015 graduate is employed, and many of them locked in their jobs
months before commencement.
Nearly 23 percent of the Class of 2015 are earning advanced
degrees – at dentistry and law schools, and studying chemistry,
physics and psychology. Some are at Manchester’s own Pharmacy
Program in Fort Wayne, pursuing a four-year professional doctorate.
Many of the graduate-degree seekers are research and teaching
assistants at major universities.
98%
98 percent of MU’s
2015 graduates are
successfully employed,
in graduate school or in
post-graduate activities.
The employment rate of 2015 MU master’s degree recipients is
100 percent.
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