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| Mandatory Varsity Pond photograph | A photo op before the ceremony | The waiting is the hardest part | Psychology and Neuroscience staff member Marissa Meyer helps get the students lined up |
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| Students are beginning to assemble for the processional | Staff member Shelley Gomez also helps get things under control | Macky is one of the nicest buildings on campus | Click, click, click! |
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| Faculty share a light moment before the ceremony | The first class graduating with degrees in neuroscience | Go south, young man! | Just one more outside photo op |
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| Line 'em up! | The crabapple was near perfection | The crowd is giddy with anticipation | Musical accompaniment provided by Jude deLaubenfels while emcee Prof. Gary McClelland goes over his notes |
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| A man alone with his thoughts. And his notes. And 1500 people in the audience. | The faculty process | The balcony is full too | Prof. Jerry Rudy begs to have his picture taken |
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| The students process | ditto | Indoor photo ops | ditto |
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| ditto ditto | Welcome to graduation spring 2011! | The parents of the graduates stand up and are acknowledged and thanked | The graduates are acknowledged |
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| Chair of the dept. Lewis O. Harvey, Jr., disusses what we do | The faculty concur | It's not just a pretty pattern (you had to be there) | The undergraduate chosen to address her class, Karina Edmondson |
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| Those graduating with honors are acknowledged onstage | Various undergraduate awards are given out | Master's and PhD students are brought onstage | PhD candidate Laramie Duncan is hooded by her mentor, Prof. Matt Keller (those are his hands) |
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| PhD candidate Melissa Munn-Chernoff about to be hooded by her advisor Prof. Mike Stallings | PhD candidate Ana Nunes getting hooded by her advisor Prof. Charles Judd | PhD candidate Rob Rozeske preparing to be hooded by his mentor Steven Maier (out of sight) | The faculty awards are given out |
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| Undergraduate advisor Dan Robinson receives the staff service award | Now for the main attraction: the undergraduates walk across the stage and are acknowledged individually | A happy graduate is congratulated by Prof. Harvey | photos ops galore |
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| Another beaming undergraduate | The picture-taking area gets pretty crowded | Move 'em through promptly | It's a big production |
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| The flipping of the tassels to signify graduating | Good night and good luck | ||