This is what your diploma means,” said Martin to an audience of nearly 1,000 undergraduates and 3,500 attendees. “Something you can look to, that will testify and speak back to you, that whatever the next stage throws at you, you can handle it.”

The student-led commemoration, which took place Saturday at Frost Amphitheater, acknowledges the spiritual rewards of education and is organized by the Office for Religious and Spiritual Life.