Commencement 2005 Video Gallery

Instructions: Click on any part of the ceremony to see the related video. You will need the free Quicktime player to view the video clips. You can download it for free.

Warning: Due to the length of the ceremony, some of these video clips are large files (ranging from 4 MB to 40 MB). Please be patient while the clips load.

In August 2005, the Office of Alumni and Parent Programs will send a complimentary copy of the DVD of the complete ceremony to each graduate of the Class of 2005 at the address you provided the Registrar for your diploma.

Processional

National Anthem

Invocation
Mark A. Duntley, Dean of the Chapel

Welcome
Curtis N. Johnson, Dr. Robert B. Pamplin Jr. Professor of Government and Dean of the College

Remarks
Thomas J. Hochstettler, President of the College

Commencement Address
Josef Joffe, Publisher of Die Zeit

Conferring of Degrees-Honoris Causa

Doctor of Humane Letters presented to:
Josef Joffe
Paul E. Bragdon, Former Interim President of the College
Fred W. Fields, Member of the Board of Trustees

Hooded by Jane Monnig Atkinson, Vice President and Provost

Reflections of the Graduates
Henry Whitlock Kilgore, Class of 2005

Letter from the Family of Cody Dieruf
Assistant Professor Linda Isako Angst

Presentation of Degree Candidates
Dean Johnson and Diane Crabtree, Registrar

Conferring of Degrees
President Hochstettler

Charge to the Class of 2005
President Hochstettler