The Manitoulin Expositor
by Margery Frisch
M’CHIGEENG—The rain and soggy campus kept no one away from Kenjgewin Teg’s 2025 graduation. The large white tent, with its sides threatening to fly away in the wind, kept everyone inside warm and dry, and so the proceedings went on without disruption.
Following the procession of faculty and graduates, Emcees Sherry Moreau, dean of pathways, and Andrew Gerhardt, registrar, kept things moving quickly and efficiently. Mr. Gerhardt feeling the urge for one ‘Dad joke’ before things got underway, asked those gathered, “Why did the graduates bring their umbrellas to the stage? Because even the weather wanted to shower them with praise.” Groan.
Debbie Ense offered a traditional opening prayer and smudging, which was followed by welcoming addresses by Dr. Beverly Roy, president, and Robert Beaudin, board chair. Dr. Roy, in congratulating the graduates said, “This is one of many milestones facing our graduates today. I think I can safely say this is not where their journey ends, in fact, it is just the beginning.” She stressed her belief, and that of Kenjgewin Teg’s, in life-long learning, “because learning never truly ends,” she said.
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