01: New graduates lined up in front of Stapleton Library, so family members could take photos.
02: Amber Crooks, Class of 2011, and Alex Pucciarelli posed for a photo in the Oak Grove in front of Sutton Hall for Amber’s father, John.
03: New graduate Joshua Williams posed for photos with family members in front of Stapleton Library.
04: Members of the Class of 1961 led the procession onto the Ed Fry Arena floor. Class members were brought together to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of their graduation.
05: Ed Fry Arena in the Kovalchick Complex was nearly filled with new graduates and their family members.
06: Student Commencement speaker Natalie Mae Schaefer, a Journalism and Anthropology graduate from the Cook Honors College, addressed the crowd.
07: Keynote speaker Karlin Roth Toner received an honorary degree during the ceremony. From left: trustee Susan Delaney, Â鶹ÊÓƵ President David Werner, Toner, and Provost Gerald Intemann.
08: President David Werner, bottom right, with trustee Susan Delaney and Provost Gerald Intemann behind him, congratulated new graduates as they crossed the stage.
09: Members of the Class of 2011 and their family members watched the Commencement ceremony.
10: A new graduate received a hug after being congratulated on stage.
11: After being recognized on stage, new graduates waved to their family members in the crowd.
12: Brennan Cebula stood as he was commissioned as a U.S. Army second lieutenant during the Commencement ceremony.
13: The classes of 1961 and 2011 joined with faculty members and administrators in the singing of the Alma Mater to close the ceremony.
14: New graduates Jerrod W. Foster and Brittany Allman walked arm in arm through the nearly empty Fry Arena following the Commencement ceremony.
15: The Class of 1961 gathered for a group photo in Sutton Hall’s Blue Room following Commencement. Members were brought together to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of their graduation.
