On February 29, 2012 at Convocation, North America's largest weekly gathering of Christian students, best-selling author and speaker Dr. Emerson Eggerichs shared his testimony, encouraging students to take their personal pain and become "wounded healers." Eggerichs shared with students that they may never fully understand why their hurt happened, but "wounds have purpose because there are people that you will come across that need to know that somebody understands."

Eggerichs is an international speaker on male-female relationships and has been a counselor for more than 30 years. He is the founder and president of Love and Respect Ministries; his national bestseller, "Love and Respect" has sold more than 1.3 million copies.