CDI held a prayer dedication for the campus community on Thursday, Oct. 29. The center and student groups will be moving in late November to the Keppel House on 10th Street between College and Columbia avenues after being based in the Jim and Martie Bultman Student Center since it opened in 2017.

  • President Matt Scogin speaking at the CDI Dedication ceremony
  • Vanessa Greene at the CDI Dedication ceremony
  • President Matt Scogin speaking at a podium at the CDI Dedication ceremony
  • A small crowd milling outside at the CDI Dedication ceremony
  • A small crowd milling outside at the CDI Dedication ceremony. A lightpost banner in the foreground reads, "Keeping Hope"
  • Alfredo Gonzales addressing attendees at the CDI Dedication
  • Alfredo Gonzales addressing attendees at the CDI Dedication
  • Vanessa Greene speaking at the podium at the
  • A group of people observing the CDI dedication from outside the Keppel House, viewed from the porch
  • A group of people observing the CDI dedication from outside the Keppel House
  • A presenter at the podium at the CDI Dedication ceremony
  • A presenter speaking at the podium at the CDI Dedication ceremony
  • Denise Kingdom speaking at the CDI Dedication ceremony
  • C.J. Grier speaking at the podium at the CDI Dedication
  • The crow at the CDI Dedication ceremony
  • President Matt Scogin, Alfredo Gonzales, and Vanessa Greene at the CDI Dedication
  • President Matt Scogin, Alfredo Gonzales, and Vanessa Greene giving the “thumbs up” on the Keppel House steps
  • Alfredo Gonzales standing with the CDI Keppel House Sign and a Welcome Home! banner behind him
  • Students posing at the CDI Keppel House sign with a “Welcome Home!” banner behind them
  • A t-shirt that says “sanctuary, noun: your safe a peaceful haven, a comforting place of refuge and rest in a noisy, chaotic world”
  • Provost Gerald Griffin talking to people at the CDI Dedication
  • A group of people standing on the Keppel House stairs beside a banner that says “Welcome Home!”
  • Vanessa Greene holding a plaque near the CDI Keppel House sign
  • A group of people on the Keppel House stairs with Vanessa Greene holding a plaque in the middle

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