<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/commencement/commencement-archive/commencement-2024/citations-and-remarks/commencement-remarks-williamson-medalist-roxy-calder.html" dsn="news"><featured/><pubDate/><title>Commencement Remarks by 2024 Williamson Medalist Roxy Calder ’24</title><description>To make the unfamiliar familiar is something we have done from the moment we became F&amp;M students. We arrived here four years ago to an unfamiliar college campus, made even more strange and distant by masks and plexiglass dividers. And when restrictions eased, we saw each other's smiles and shared friendly waves. Each semester we have stared at syllabi full of unknown topics and terms, learning and learning until they became familiar.</description><author>Office of Communications</author><image><img src="/_resources/images/05-11%20Commencement%20DG_213-Calder.jpg" alt="Roxy Calder '24. Image Credit: Deb Grove"/></image><tags><tag>Commencement</tag></tags></item>