Commencement
WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY Commencement THE GRADUATION EXERCISES MONDAY, MAY THE TWENTY-FIRST TwO THOUSAND AND TWELVE T HE GRADU A T ION EXE R C ISE S MONDAY, MAY THE TWEN T YFIRST TWO THO U SAND AND TWEL VE N INE O’C LOCK IN THE M ORNING T H O M AS K. HE ARN, JR. PLAZA THE CARILLON: “Preludium VII” ....................................................... Matthias Van den Gheyn Lauren Bradley Mellick (’05), University Carillonneur THE PROCESSIONAL ....................................................................e Brass Ensemble THE WELCOME ........................................................................... Nathan O. Hatch President GREETINGS FROM THE CLASS OF 2012 ..................................................Nilam A. Patel (’12) Student Body President THE PRAYER OF INVOCATION ..............................................e Reverend Timothy L. Auman University Chaplain THE ADDRESS: “A Little Fatherly Advice” .....................................................Charles W. Ergen Chairman, DISH Network and EchoStar Communications THE CONFERRING OF HONORARY DEGREES ..................................................Mark E. Welker Interim Provost Charles W. Ergen, Doctor of Laws Sponsor: Bernard Beatty, Associate Professor of Management, Schools of Business Elizabeth B. Lacy, Doctor of Laws Sponsor: Blake Morant, Dean, School of Law Willie E. May, Doctor of Science Sponsor: Lorna Moore, Dean, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Jonathan T.M. Reckford, Doctor of Humane Letters Sponsor: Julie Wayne, Associate Professor, Schools of Business Eric C. Wiseman, Doctor of Laws Sponsor: Steve Reinemund, Dean, Schools of Business REMARKS TO THE GRADUATES ............................................................President Hatch THE HONORING OF RETIRING FACULTY FROM THE BOWMAN GRAY CAMPUS Patricia L. Adams, M.D., Professor Emerita of Internal Medicine - Nephrology Vardaman M. Buckalew, Jr., M.D., Professor Emeritus of Internal Medicine - Nephrology John R. Crouse III, M.D., Professor Emeritus of Internal Medicine - Endocrinology and Metabolism Robert G.
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