Julia Challenger of Wilmette graduates from Lake Forest College

2015 Aug 10

Julia Challenger of Wilmette, IL, graduated cum laude from Lake Forest College with a bachelor of arts degree in Sociology and Anthropology.

Challenger was among more than 350 students to graduate from Lake Forest College at Ravinia Festival Park on May 9, 2015. Roberto Salem, the Class of 2015's senior class speaker, delivered an inspiring message to his fellow graduates. You can read his address online here. Celebrated American author, journalist, motivational speaker, and long-distance swimmer Diana Nyad '73 gave the Commencement address, but she spoke from the heart, so there's no transcript of her speech. You can watch it online here.

Challenger is a graduate of New Trier Township High School.

Lake Forest College is a national liberal arts institution located 30 miles north of downtown Chicago. The College has 1,600 students representing 47 states and 81 countries. For more information visit www.lakeforest.edu.