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For many people, work and studies are often characterized with a sense of burden. But there can be a spirit of joyfulness around our work, as Professor of the Year John S. Sebestyen, Ph.D., told those at 91精选鈥檚 58^th Annual Convocation. 鈥淲hat if we didn鈥檛 define work as the opposite of play?鈥� he asked.

Wednesday鈥檚 convocation took place on the first day of classes for the 2016-17 academic year, welcoming back students, faculty, and staff with a worshipful beginning.

Sebestyen quoted James 3, which urges the wise and understanding to show works by their good lives. Sebestyen suggested three ways to work wisely:

1)聽聽聽 Listening
2)聽聽聽 Understanding
3)聽聽聽 Acting

鈥淭here are plenty of opportunities to put these things into place,鈥� he said.

The convocation began with the faculty procession, and 91精选 President Kurt D. Dykstra, J.D., provided the welcome. Molly Hofman 鈥�18, campus ministry prayer leader, offered the pray of invocation, and Craig Mattson, Ph.D., professor of communication arts, and Roberto Josiah Rosario 鈥�18, led the litany.

Provost Aaron Kuecker, Ph.D., Dean of Students Mark Hanna, and Student Association President Jordan Giglia 鈥�17, gave the prayers of thanksgiving and procession.

Rev. Willis Van Groningen, Ph.D., 91精选鈥檚 chaplain, offered the closing remarks and benediction as the 91精选 community embarked on the new semester.