Commencement 2012
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COMMENCEMENT Saturday, May 26, 2012 Bowdoin College Body.pdf 1 5/25/12 10:09:57 AM QVOD BONVM FELIX FAVSTVMQUE SIT INLVSTRISSIMO PAUL LEPAGE GVBERNATORI CONSILIARIIS ET SENATORIBUS QVI LITTERIS REI PVBLICAE MAINENSIS PROPRIE PRAESVNT SOCIISQVE CVRANTIBVS COLLEGI BOWDOINENSIS HONORANDIS ATQVE REVERENDIS CLARISSIMO BARRY MILLS PRAESIDI TOTI SENATVI ACADEMICO ECCLESIARVM PASTORIBVS VENERANDIS CVNCTIS DENIQVE VBIQVE GENTIVM HVMANITATIS FAVTORIBVS HASCE EXERCITATIONES IVVENES IN ARTIBVS INITIATI HVMILLIMI DEDICANT HABITAS IN COMITIIS COLLEGI BOWDOINENSIS BRVNSVICI IN RE PVBLICA MAINENSI ANTE DIEM VII KAL IVN ANNO SALVTIS MMXII RERVMQUE PVBLICARVM FOEDERATARVM AMERICAE POTESTATIS CCXXXVI Body.pdf 2 5/25/12 10:09:58 AM DEGREES This ancient formula is used by the President in conferring degrees: The Latin text quoted at left has introduced Bowdoin’s Candidati pro gradu baccalaureali, assurgite. Commencement Program since August 21, 1822. The names of Vir honorande, hosce iuvenes, quos censeo idoneos primum ad the 24 graduates of the Class of 1822 were, for the most part, gradum in artibus, nunc tibi offero, ut a te instructus, eos ad gradum also translated into Latin for the program. In the early years of istum admittam. Placetne? (Placet.) the College, each graduating senior was required to deliver a Commencement “part,” an oration on ancient or modern topics, Pro auctoritate mihi commissa, admitto vos ad primum gradum in which was frequently given in one of the classical languages, Latin, artibus, et dono et concedo omnia iura, privilegia, honores atque Greek, or Hebrew. The final Latin oration was given in 1893, but dignitates, ad gradum istum pertinentia. the tradition of Latin survives in the language used to dedicate the Commencement Exercises and to confer the bachelor of arts degree. In cuius testimonium hasce membranas litteris scriptas accipite. The translation below was provided by Barbara Weiden Boyd, Henry Winkley Professor of Latin and Greek. Candidates for the Baccalaureate degrees will rise. (To the Chair of the Board of Trustees) May it be good, felicitous, and well-omened:* Honored sir, these young people whom I deem worthy To Paul LePage, esteemed Governor; of the first degree in Arts, I now present to you, that, to the Representatives and Senators if you so direct, I may admit them to that degree. Is such your will? (It is.) who personally preside over the arts and letters for the State of Maine; (To the Candidates) and to the honorable and respected Trustees of By virtue of the authority vested in me, I now admit Bowdoin College; you to the first degree in Arts and do grant and confer to Barry Mills, distinguished President; upon you all the rights, privileges, honors, and dignities pertaining to that degree. to the entire academic senate; to the venerable religious leaders; In witness whereof, receive these diplomas. in short, to all patrons of the human race everywhere, the young people hereby initiated into the arts NOTE: The Baccalaureate degrees are awarded individually, and and letters the graduating class requests that there be no applause until the last most humbly dedicate these exercises. degree is conferred. Held in a gathering of Bowdoin College, in At the Commencement Exercises, Bowdoin displays the College flag Brunswick, in the State of Maine, and the flags of the United States of America, the State of Maine, and on the seventh day before the Kalends of June, in the the home or dual-citizenship countries or territories of graduating 2012th year of our well-being students—in 2012, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, Dominica, and in the 236th year of the authority of the Ecuador, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong Special United States of America. Administrative Region, India, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Mexico, Morocco, Norway, People’s Republic of China, Republic of Korea, * An ancient Roman formula used at the outset of a ritual Romania, Russia, Saint Kitts, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, The to ensure its success. Netherlands, United Kingdom, Zimbabwe. 1 Body.pdf 3 5/25/12 10:09:59 AM TWO HUNDRED SEVENTH COMMENCEMENT OF BOWDOIN COLLEGE May 26, 2012 COMMENCEMENT MARCH Chandler’s Band OPENING OF THE COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES Jean M. Yarbrough Gary M. Pendy Sr. Professor of Social Sciences and College Marshal INVOCATION The Reverend Mary E. Baard Senior Minister, First Parish Church, Brunswick, Maine THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER Senior Members of Chamber Choir, Chorus, and Student A Cappella Groups Craig Alexander Comen ’12, Piano INTRODUCTORY REMARKS Stephen F. Gormley ’72 Chair of the Board of Trustees FOR THE STATE Joan Benoit Samuelson ’79 Olympic Gold Medalist WELCOME Barry Mills President of the College SENIOR COMMENCEMENT SPEAKERS “Preppy Look and Sweatpants” Chanwoong Baek ’12 Class of 1868 Prize Winner “Using the Microscope” William Marvin Alexander III ’12 Goodwin Commencement Prize Winner 2 Body.pdf 4 5/25/12 10:09:59 AM CONFERRING OF HONORARY DEGREES Barry Mills President of the College MARGARET W. CONKEY, DOCTOR OF HUMANE LETTERS Citation by James A. Higginbotham Associate Professor of Classics on the Henry Johnson Professorship Fund and Associate Curator for the Ancient Collection AGNES GUND, DOCTOR OF FINE ARTS Citation by Pamela M. Fletcher Associate Professor of Art History CYNTHIA MCFADDEN ’78, DOCTOR OF HUMANE LETTERS Citation by Mary Lou Zeeman R. Wells Johnson Professor of Mathematics HUMAIRA AWAIS SHAHID, DOCTOR OF HUMANE LETTERS Citation by Rachel L. Sturman Associate Professor of History and Asian Studies CARRIE MAE WEEMS, DOCTOR OF FINE ARTS Citation by Michael J. Kolster Associate Professor of Art CONFERRING OF BACCALAUREATE DEGREES DEDICATION Barry Mills President of the College Won Chul Kim ’12 Class President RAISE SONGS TO BOWDOIN Senior Members of Chamber Choir, Chorus, and Student A Cappella Groups Craig Alexander Comen ’12, Piano Words appear on the inside back cover of this program. CONCLUSION OF THE COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES William H. Barker Isaac Henry Wing Professor of Mathematics and College Marshal RECESSIONAL MARCH Chandler’s Band 3 Body.pdf 5 5/25/12 10:09:59 AM CANDIDATES FOR THE A.B. DEGREE, MAY 2012 Won Chul Kim, Class Marshal Danielle Alexandra Abrams Mathematics; Minor: French Montpelier, Vermont Anna Helena Ackerman Gender and Women’s Studies Augusta, Maine Shazeda Irene Ahmed History; Minor: Chinese Rego Park, New York Chelsea Brooke Albright Sociology; Minor: Education Studies East Lyme, Connecticut Charles William Aldrete English; Minor: Film Studies San Antonio, Texas William Marvin Alexander III Religion; Minor: Economics Chester, New Jersey Cristobal Alvarez Jr. Biology San Juan Capistrano, California Morgan Richard Andersen Biochemistry and Government and Legal Studies; Mies, Switzerland Minor: Italian Amy Marie Anderson Art History and Earth and Oceanographic Science; Woodland, Maine Minor: Chemistry Christopher Douglas Anderson Economics; Minor: Mathematics Golden, Colorado Mathew Cornell Apeseche Sociology; Minor: Teaching Natick, Massachusetts Ixtla Renee Arceo-Witzl Gender and Women’s Studies; Minor: Teaching Oak Park, Illinois Laura Hilliard Armstrong History; Minor: Teaching Scarborough, Maine Branden Roberts Asemah Africana Studies and Gender and Women’s Studies; Memphis, Tennessee Minor: Education Studies Maren Elise Askins Biology; Minor: Music Bangor, Maine Chad McAllister Attenborough French; Minor: History Maplewood, New Jersey Chanwoong Baek Government and Legal Studies; Minor: Teaching Kyunggi-do, Republic of Korea LaTasha Ball Africana Studies and English; Minor: Teaching Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Carl Harry Barnard Government and Legal Studies West Boylston, Massachusetts Emily Welsh Barr Gender and Women’s Studies and History Ridgewood, New Jersey Alexa Lang Barry History; Minor: Visual Arts Rindge, New Hampshire Stephen Henry Bayer Biochemistry; Minor: Spanish Plano, Texas Andrew Joseph Belmonte Government and Legal Studies Beverly, Massachusetts Benjamin Asher Berg Neuroscience Edina, Minnesota Audrey Blanche Bergeron Biochemistry; Minor: Spanish Lewiston, Maine Jillian Molli Berkman French and Neuroscience Nashville, Tennessee Rachael Mlika Bernal French and Neuroscience; Minor: English Chicago, Illinois Salma Berrada History; Minor: Government and Legal Studies Marrakech, Morocco Matthew James Bezreh Economics Needham, Massachusetts Eric Richard Binswanger History; Minor: Film Studies Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Sean James Bishop Economics Danvers, Massachusetts Nylea Simone Bivins Eurasian and East European Studies; Minor: Sociology Silver Spring, Maryland Trent Michael Blossom Economics; Minor: Mathematics Concord, New Hampshire Michael Robert Blouin II Biology; Minor: Government and Legal Studies Rochester, New Hampshire Kathleen Wallis Blue Biochemistry; Minor: German Burlingame, California Annabel Clair Boeke History; Minor: Chemistry Baltimore, Maryland Elizabeth Patton Boles Government and Legal Studies Mill Valley, California Paulina Borrego Romance Languages; Minor: Government and Legal Antioch, California Studies Jennifer Louise Boyd ’11 Classical Studies; Minor: Economics Gilmanton, New Hampshire George Ian Brandon Jr. Economics and French Phoenix, Arizona Hartley Conn Brody Economics; Minor: Computer Science Shaker Heights, Ohio Derek Cinader Brooks Government and Legal Studies; Minor: German Irvine, California Christine Constance Buckland History and Spanish; Minor: Education Studies Milton, Massachusetts John McBride Bunke Philosophy Worcester, Massachusetts 4 Body.pdf 6 5/25/12 10:09:59 AM Michelle Burns Physics