Maggie Graduates Wheaton College Summa Cum Laude

Maggie with her 3 year roommate Linnea, and good friend Emily, who all graduated together.

These were three of their 8 senior housemates who gathered Saturday with their families...

 

Before the ceremony on the big Sunday, May 5th

(That's her painted portrait displayed on the wall of the library behind her)

During the speeches and reading of 400+ names...

And here's Maggie's name being read:

With the masses outside after on a beautiful brisk day...

And pictured with Grandpa and Grandma who made the trip from Ohio!

What a great weekend of celebration of all that Maggie accomplished in her 4 years at Wheaton! Her hard work at school and holding several jobs has earned her a bachelor's degree from the 'Harvard of Christian Schools' in Elementary Education with endorsements for ESL and Middle School. 

She worked jobs all four years, from facilities as a freshman and sophomore to Resident Director as a junior AND at the library (pictured with her sisters) continuing at the library as a senior managing student staff. She finished her student teaching this fall at a public elementary in Wheaton, where she was able to walk to work, and now has been offered a permanent teaching position at Chicago Public Schools. 

Maggie hopes to live and work near the city, but not too far from her friends and fond memories in Wheaton, continuing her life in Illinois for a year or two. We are excited to see how the Lord is going to lead her to invest her love for Jesus, students and teaching!