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"I never got to see my son take a step. I looked forward to walking him to school on his first day of school. I didn't get to do that. But I got to see him on his last day of school."
During the darkest times of the 22-plus years Eddie Bolden spent imprisoned at the Cook County (Illinois) Jail, he pictured moments like Sunday.
After serving 22 years for a crime he didn't commit, Eddie Bolden sees his son graduate Goshen College.
A wrongfully convicted man was released from prison just in time to see his son graduate from Goshen College.
Members of the Goshen College Class of 2016 received undergraduate and graduate degrees after being encouraged by speaker and alumna Carrie Newcomer ’80, an Indiana-based singer-songwriter, to “be true, be kind and pay attention” during the college’s 118th commencement on Sunday, April 24.
Internationally known singer-songwriter Carrie Newcomer, a Goshen College alumna, returned to the campus Sunday to address the 205 students graduating with bachelor’s and master’s degrees
After serving 22 years in prison for crimes he didn’t commit, Eddie Bolden was released and able to see his son, Dominique, graduate from Goshen College in the same week. Read their story:
Commencement address (as prepared for delivery) by Carrie Newcomer ’80, at the 118th Goshen College Commencement on Sunday, April 24, 2016. Copyright Carrie Newcomer. RELATED LINKS: Commencement story: “Carrie Newcomer encourages graduates to ‘be true, be kind and pay attention’ with words and song” Commencement photo album…
We don’t know how many graduates there have been over those many years, but we do know Goshen College alumni have helped shaped Elkhart County and the Goshen community in many positive ways. For a small liberal arts college nestled on the south side of a small Midwestern city, the school and its graduates have shown they can influence the world.
