Spiritual Life
Baccalaureate Worship Service
Location
Lois Perkins ChapelDate & Time
6:30pm CDT May 9Contact
Ron Swain
swainr@southwestern.edu
6:30pm CDT May 9
Lois Perkins Chapel
Open gallery
Join us for our Baccalaureate Worship Service!
The Baccalaureate is a service inherited from the universities of Western Europe and associated with the commencement exercises of American colleges and universities since colonial times. The term baccalaureate is derived from two Latin words, bacca and laurens, which refer to wreaths of berries and laurel worn by new graduates in the medieval period of Europe. The baccalaureate service remains, to this day, an integral part of the commencement exercises of many of America’s privately endowed colleges and universities and symbolize the connection between these increasingly secular institutions and their historic and religious origins.
Today, at Southwestern University, the Baccalaureate is a major culminating experience for graduating students as they embrace new challenges and opportunities to make a difference for good in the world.