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https://assets.northpark.edu/wp-content/uploads/20180731130622/First-Word-Parkyn.jpg300375As each school year begins we welcome new undergraduates to our campus at a celebration we call Threshold—a symbolic crossing from one place or time or period of life to another. At our commencement ceremonies in December and May we usher graduates across another threshold, this time leading from their years at ºÚÁÏ³Ô¹Ï toward another season in life, one we expect will be marked by significance and service.