Highlights from the 2010 Commencement

Thirty-one students collected their diplomas at Meadow View’s commencement on June 5. Dr. Jennifer Wiseman, Chief of the Exoplanets and Stellar Astrophysics Laboratory at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center delivered the commencement address. Trinity School at Meadow View’s recipients of 2010 Graduate Awards are Helen DeCelles-Zwerneman, Nathaniel Hlavin, and Justin Young.

Nathaniel Hlavin will attend the Catholic University of America, where he plans to study physics. Justin Young will attend Carnegie Mellon University, where he intends to study engineering. Helen DeCelles-Zwerneman will attend Georgetown University, where she plans to study physics.

Helen DeCelles-Zwerneman’s Valedictory Address: On Freedom and Unpredictability

“God is unpredictable. In my mind, Bohr’s words to Einstein—“Don’t tell God what to do”—also accurately describe the wedding feast at Cana. God can work in whatever way he likes; and, more importantly, God is constantly working with us human beings. In the wedding scene, Jesus clearly had a plan—no miracles quite yet! Nevertheless, he changed his plan, working with his mother, Mary, the bride and groom and all their guests who needed wine.”

Head of School Andrew Zwerneman’s Remarks to the Graduates: Remember.

“Trinity School has given you as deep a drink from the sources of our culture and identity as any secondary school in the country could offer. Don’t forget, and don’t let those waters dry up.”

Dr. Jennifer Wiseman, Commencement Speaker: The Heavens Declare the Glory of God.

“The Bible says that the heavens declare the glory of God, and that as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is God’s love for us. We are getting the sense that that’s enormous.”

Dr. Jennifer Wiseman is the Chief of the Exoplanets and Stellar Astrophysics Laboratory at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. She discovered the periodic comet 114P/Wiseman-Skiff while working as an undergraduate research assistant in 1987. As a strong Christian, she has authored How You Can Help Young Christians in Science.