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2013 Commencement Ceremony–May 19, 2013
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Welcome from the President
Joanne V. Creighton, Interim President
Opening Reading
Sue Benston, Visiting Professor of Writing
Remarks from the Class of 2013
Aubree Penney '13
Greeting From Bryn Mawr College
Kimberly Wright Cassidy, Provost and Professor of Psychology
Remarks from the President
Joanne V. Creighton, Interim President
Max Essex
Honorary Degree, Doctor of Sciences
Mary Woodard Lasker Professor of Health Sciences, Harvard University and Chair of the Botswana-Harvard AIDS Institute.
Presented by Christopher Dunne '70, Member of the Board of Managers
Stanley Nelson
Honorary Degree, Doctor of Arts
Documentary filmmaker and Executive Director of Firelight Media.
Presented by Maris Gillette, Associate Provost and Professor of Anthropology
Hunter W. Rawlings '66
Honorary Degree, Doctor of Letters
President of the Association of American Universities; former President of the University of Iowa and Cornell University.
Presented by Deborah Roberts, William R. Kenan Professor of Classics and Comparative Literature
Shelia Wellington
Honorary Degree, Doctor of Humane Letters
Executive in Residence, New York University; former President of Catalyst and Secretary of Yale University.
Presented by Tracey Hucks, Associate Professor of Religion
Conferring of Degrees
Class presented by Kimberly W. Benston, Interim Provost and Francais B. Gummere Professor English. Candidates presented by Bruce Partridge, Faculty Marshal, Bettye and Howard Marshall Professor Emeritus of Astronomy.
Closing Remarks
Theresa M. Tensuan '89, Associate Dean of the College, Dean & Director of Multicultural Affairs
