ONE HUNDRED EIGHTIETH ANNUAL COMMENCEMENT Dear Friends: Welcome to Indiana University’s 2009 Commencement. Together, on this great day of celebration, we pause to honor the tremendous accomplishments of our graduates. This is their shining moment. Coming from across the state of Indiana, throughout the nation, and around the world, they have become a part of the fabric of excellence woven at Indiana University over the course of nearly two centuries. In subjects ranging from accounting to zoology, they have drawn on their intelligence, talents, and tenacity to achieve mastery and prepare for the challenges of tomorrow. We honor their achievements today and recognize the challenges they have already faced, and overcome, as they have pursued their dreams. This day has been years in the making: years of study and years of support. Our graduates have reached this wonderful day propelled by the love, encouragement, and faith of their families and friends. The strength of that support helps each of us achieve our highest aspirations and deserves our deepest gratitude. Today is as much a day to share that gratitude as to celebrate. Indiana University’s class of 2009 will always be a part of IU’s rich and living history. Having dedicated themselves to the pursuit of academic excellence, driven by curiosity and intellectual passion, our graduates are now poised on the cusp of ever greater accomplishments. We will remember and celebrate them always, wishing them the greatest success in the future. Most sincerely, Michael A. McRobbie President Glimpses of Commencements Past “The Commencement of 1833 was held in the “Society, through government, through “If someone were to ask me casually about life, I new chapel, the orchestra composed of two philanthropy, and through the sacrifices of would simply say, ‘Play it like you feel it, baby, flutes, & one of them cracked—imagine the individual families, has supported higher and live it up, kid. You’ll be all right.’” discord. Dr. Wylie whispers to a professor: education largely because we as a nation believe —John Mellencamp, rock musician, ‘What makes more noise than a pig in a gate?’ that college-trained men and women offer us IU Commencement address, 2000 Reply: ‘I give it up.’ The Dr. turning his thumb our best hope of leadership equal to our needs.” towards the orchestra, says, ‘Two of them.’” —University Chancellor Herman B Wells, “Let us accept the notion of a frontier, in that —E. N. Elliott, faculty member, in a letter to IU Commencement address, 1988 American sense, not as a border or a limit, but Theophilus Wylie, 1833 something unknowable, yet reachable, “In short, banish mediocrity, seek excellence, something with risks, but great rewards if we “The Commencement exercises of 1855 were embrace humanity.” clear ground and build correctly. Let us go for held in the locust grove in front of the frontiers, not shy away from them.” —Jane Pauley, broadcaster and reporter, Preparatory building, and the addresses of the IU Commencement address, 1990 —University Chancellor Kenneth R. R. Gros graduating class, of which I was a member, were Louis, IU Commencement address, 2001 pronounced in the open, a good reminder of the academic groves of ancient Athens.” “The strength of this country depends not on the size of its economy or the might of its armies, “Take time in the aftermath of a game or a —John W. Foster, Valedictorian, 1855, writing but on the character and enlightenment of its business day to know, commiserate and enjoy in “Memories of I.U., 1851–55” people.” your contemporaries, your team. They are partners in the struggle. They are good friends. —Congressman Lee H. Hamilton, “We need the institutions that teach the broad If they really care, they’ll dare you to be good, IU Commencement address, 1991 cultural development which this nation needs even push you to be great.” more than it needs anything else—if it is to be —Dick Enberg, sports broadcaster, IU worthwhile that this experiment in free Commencement address, 2002 government should have been tried on this continent.” —President Theodore Roosevelt, IU Commencement address, 1918 1 MEMBERS OF THE PLATFORM PARTY Session I Yvette M. Alex-Assensoh Lindsey K. Livingston William B. Stephan Associate Professor of Political Science President, Indiana University Student Alumni Vice President for Engagement Dean for Women’s Affairs Association Sonya C. Stephens Head Marshal Edwin C. Marshall Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education John S. Applegate Vice President for Diversity, Equity, and Sue H. Talbot Vice President for Planning and Policy Multicultural Affairs Trustee University Grand Marshal Matthew Auer Eugene R. Tempel Dean, Hutton Honors College Thomas A. Martz President and Chief Executive Officer President and Chief Executive Officer Marion E. Broome Indiana University Foundation Indiana University Alumni Association University Dean, School of Nursing Herbert A. Terry MaryFrances McCourt Carolyn Calloway-Thomas President, Bloomington Faculty Council Treasurer Associate Professor of Communication and Associate Professor of Telecommunications Culture Richard N. McKaig Neil D. Theobald Director, Interracial Community Project Vice Provost and Dean of Students Vice President and Chief Financial Officer William R. Cast Michael A. McRobbie Roger J. Thompson Trustee President Vice Provost for Enrollment Management J. Terry Clapacs Stephen C. Moberly Vasti Torres Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer Chair, Indiana University Alumni Association Associate Professor of Educational Leadership Philip N. Eskew Jr. Patrick O. O’Meara and Policy Studies Trustee Vice President for International Affairs Head Marshal Stephen L. Ferguson Michael A. Patchner Bradley C. Wheeler President, Trustees of Indiana University University Dean, School of Social Work Vice President for Information Technology and Chief Information Officer Dorothy J. Frapwell Dennis G. Peters Vice President and General Counsel Herman T. Briscoe Professor of Chemistry James C. Wimbush Head Marshal Dean, University Graduate School Thomas F. Gieryn Vice Provost for Faculty and Academic Affairs Thomas E. Reilly Jr. Trustee Jack M. Gill Trustee Gwyn Richards Dean, Indiana University Jacobs School of Music Gerardo M. Gonzalez University Dean, School of Education Lauren K. Robel Dean, Indiana University Michael Maurer Robert M. Goodman School of Law Dean, School of Health, Physical Education, and Honorary Degree Candidate Escort Recreation Ruth V. Russell John D. Graham Professor of Recreation and Park Administration Dean, School of Public and Environmental Head Marshal Affairs Michael M. Sample Robin Roy Gress Vice President for Public Affairs and University Platform Marshal Government Relations Secretary of the Trustees of Indiana University Rabbi Susan Laikin Shifron Kenneth R. R. Gros Louis Executive Director University Chancellor Helene G. Simon Hillel Center Karen Hanson Patrick A. Shoulders Provost and Executive Vice President Vice President, Trustees of Indiana University Arthur D. King Daniel C. Smith Trustee University Dean, Indiana University Kelley The Honorable Michael Kirby School of Business Commencement Speaker P. Sarita Soni Honorary Degree Recipient Vice Provost for Research Interim Dean, School of Optometry 2 ONE HUNDRED EIGHTIETH COMMENCEMENT INDIANA UNIVERSITY BLOOMINGTON 10:00 a.m., Saturday, May 9, 2009 MICHAEL A. McROBBIE, President of Indiana University, Presiding PROCESSIONAL ....................................Indiana University Commencement Brass .................................................................................Ensemble ............................................................................................Conducted by ............................................................................................Stephen W. Pratt .............................................................................................Professor of Music WELCOME ...........................................President McRobbie THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER ................Led by Gwyn Richards ............................................................................................Dean, Indiana University Jacobs School of Music INVOCATION .......................................Rabbi Susan Laikin Shifron ............................................................................................Executive Director .............................................................................................Helene G. Simon Hillel Center COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS ..................The Honorable Michael Kirby CONFERRAL OF HONORARY DEGREE ......President McRobbie ALUMNI INDUCTION CEREMONY ...........Lindsey K. Livingston .............................................................................................President ............................................................................................Indiana University Student Alumni Association .................................................................................Stephen L. Ferguson .............................................................................................President, Trustees of Indiana University .................................................................................Stephen C. Moberly ............................................................................................Chair, Indiana University Alumni Association CHARGE TO THE CLASS .........................President McRobbie CONFERRAL OF DEGREES ......................President McRobbie .............................................................................................Assisted