Mark 13:13 “You will be hated by all because of My name, but the one who endures to the end, he will be saved.”
East Carolina University officials are telling students to ignore the instructions from a chemistry professor to not mention God at all in their departmental graduation ceremony.
Assistant Professor Eli Hvastkovs sent an e-mail to his students to prepare a “family friendly” statement for the department’s graduation event but that God was prohibited.
“I’ve had some submissions that needed to be edited. so [sic] here are some guidelines,” Hvastkovs wrote. “1. You can’t thank God. I’m sorry about this – and I don’t want to have to outline the reasons why.”
The e-mail was published by the website Campus Reform drawing a response from the school that the e-mail was not authorized by ECU.
ECU Provost Dr. Marilyn Sheerer wrote to students saying that religious references “of any type will not be restricted.”
