Tim Tennyson chosen to give senior class address

Drawing effusive praise for his commitment to learning, Tim Tennyson ’17 has been selected to give the Carthage senior class address at the 2017 Commencement ceremony.

He received the Distinguished Senior Award at the Celebration of Scholars ceremony April 28. A group of faculty members and staff from the Division of Student Affairs chose the winner from a pool of 24 nominated finalists.

The award honors high academic achievement, service to the Carthage community, leadership in student organizations, and active engagement beyond the campus.

“Professor after professor says, without qualification, ‘This is the best student I’ve ever had,’” President Gregory S. Woodward noted in his introductory remarks.

Tim, a political science major from Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin, completed his college growth with a senior thesis titled, “On Hobbes’s Treatment of Punishment In ‘The Leviathan’”. Nominators said he raised the bar to an unprecedented height “with a work of insight, nuance, and professional-level argumentation and presentation.”

After graduation, Tim plans to teach English in China next year under the auspices of the Council on International Educational Exchange. Afterward, he expects to pursue an advanced degree in political philosophy and become a college professor.

Commencement is scheduled for 11 a.m. Sunday, May 21, in the N. E. Tarble Athletic and Recreation Center Field House. The Office of Institutional Advancement distributes five Commencement tickets to each graduating student.

For guests who cannot attend the ceremony in person, it will be streamed live beginning with the procession at approximately 10:40 a.m. Find links at live.carthage.edu.