The Commons Spring 2019: Graduation Edition

2019 GRADUATES MARIA SUZANNE BYLER THESIS: City of Dialogue and Dissent: Strasbourg and the Reformers. PLANS AFTER GRADUATION: I intend to pursue a master’s degree in library and information science and work with rare books. MOST IMPORTANT TAKEAWAY: Through my time at NSA, I have realized the true importance of Christian community. FAVORITE NSA MEMORY: Our class parties were definitely a highlight, particularly our freshman Valentine’s Dinner and our annual post-finals trips to Granite Point. JENNIFER ANN CAREY THESIS: Reformation Poetry: Essential for Teaching Rhetoric. PLANS AFTER GRADUATION: I will continue to use all that I have gleaned from this program to write curriculum and teach humanities in a classical Christian school. MOST IMPORTANT TAKEAWAY: I have truly gained a family made up of pro- fessors and staff members at NSA who have brought me closer to God through a study of the classics. FAVORITE NSA MEMORY: My favorite memory is time spent at the Edwards home enjoying British cooking and British tea, and conversing about Biblical Hebrew. JORDAN CLEMANS THESIS: Psychiana Inc.: The World’s Largest Mail-Order Religion. PLANS AFTER GRADUATION: Become a licensed agent with Story Real Estate in Moscow. MOST IMPORTANT TAKEAWAY: Pushing over a weak argument impresses no one; honestly address the flaws in your own arguments and strengthen them. FAVORITE NSA MEMORY: The Marine Biology field trip! ÁINE GRACE CURRIGAN B THESIS: Reconciling Physics and Philosophy. PLANS AFTER GRADUATION: I am working at Emsi and getting married in June. MOST IMPORTANT TAKEAWAY: You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself. Luke 10:27. FAVORITE NSA MEMORY: My favorite memory is that of the community and fellowship I experienced with my classmates and professors; the community taught me more than any one thing could have. ESTHER EDWARDS THESIS: Immanuel Tremellius and the Genevan Catechism: A Translation. PLANS AFTER GRADUATION: Take the long way back to England. MOST IMPORTANT TAKEAWAY: If I have to choose one, it is that God is very, very good; He delights to give good gifts, and my favourite at NSA is the gift of language. FAVORITE NSA MEMORY: There are too many to choose from. It’s rare to find so many people in one place who are your teachers, mentors, and pastors all rolled into one. SPRING 2019 11

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