On Friday morning of Commencement weekend, as we were robing for the ceremony, one of our graduating students, Madelyn Novelli, couldn’t hide her excitement as she shared with me that her parents had just made it to town in time for the ceremony. Their flight from New Jersey was canceled the day before, but nothing was going to keep them from being there on their daughter’s special day. So, they got in the car and drove 14 hours straight through the night. They made it — and then ...