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Commencement 2011

2011 Commencement Photo Gallery
Swarthmore's 139th Commencement
Swarthmore's 139th Commencement
In keeping with a treasured tradition, each graduating senior receives a rose from the Dean Bond Rose Garden.
Swarthmore's 139th Commencement
Eva Amessé '11
Swarthmore's 139th Commencement
Swarthmore's 139th Commencement
Faculty Marshall Don Shimamoto leads the processional into the amphitheater.
David Kennedy '80 and philosophy professor Hans Oberdiek
Swarthmore's 139th Commencement
Swarthmore's 139th Commencement
Jiuxing Xie '11 took at least one photo of every graduating senior.
The Class of 2011 thanks their families.
Ecem Erseker '11
The senior class speaker, as voted by her peers, was Natalie Bamdad '11.
'Some of us are headed off to grad school or to new jobs,' said senior class speaker Natalie Bamdad '11.
'Others of us have found comfort in the belief that jobs are just social constructions, made for greedy people who don't see the value in returning to your roots, spending some time with good 'ole mom and dad, sitting on the couch with a bowl of cereal, existing as a warm body radiating love.'
Noah Marks '11, Cecilia Marquez '11, and Ariel Martino '11
'Swarthmore passion, it seems to me, is always the incredible combination of your heart's gladness and the world's great need,' said President Rebecca Chopp in her address to the graduates.
President Chopp bestowed upon publisher and philanthropist David Bradley '75 the degree of Doctor of Humane Letters.
'My mental frame was as if you could think and think and think and eventually hit a wall where the insights stopped,' David Bradley '75. 'Then, against any reasonable expectation, Swarthmore would demand you think farther. And, suddenly you discover that terminal wall in that is porous. It's like a gauze curtain. And, thinking harder, you cross over — or through — and find a whole new space of original ideas.'
Jiuxing Xie '11
President Chopp bestowed upon acclaimed criminiologist David Kennedy '80 the degree of Doctor of Laws.
'I genuinely believe,' said David Kennedy '80, 'that the habits of mind, the fundamental orientation, that was bred into me personally, at least, at home, and honed here at Swarthmore College, are central to why we have been able to make our way.'
Engineering professor Art McGarity, Iqbal Quadir '81, and Faculty Marshall Don Shimamoto.
President Chopp bestowed upon entrepreneur and educator Iqbal Quadir '81 the degree of Doctor of Humane Letters.
'Thirty years ago,' said Iqbal Quadir '81, 'I concluded my time here as a student, and ever since, my Swarthmore education has served as an all-purpose and flexible boat for me.'
Iqbal Quadir '81
Ashia Troiano '11 and fellow graduates thank their families.
Swarthmore's 139th Commencement
Swarthmore's 139th Commencement
Noah Marks '11 received the McCabe Engineering Award.
Zachary Postone '11 received one of two Lang Awards.
Kathryn Stockbower '11 received the Oak Leaf Award.
Dougal Sutherland '11 received the Ivy Award.
Swarthmore's 139th Commencement
Natalie Bamdad '11 and Nell Bang-Jensen '11
Swarthmore's 139th Commencement
Swarthmore's 139th Commencement
Swarthmore's 139th Commencement
Every recipient of a B.S. degree also received a hard hat from President Rebecca Chopp.
Swarthmore's 139th Commencement
Swarthmore's 139th Commencement
Faculty Marshall Don Shimamoto led the recessional.
Biology professor Sara Hiebert Burch joins her colleagues in congratulating the Class of 2011.
Swarthmore's 139th Commencement
Swarthmore's 139th Commencement
Nemo Swift '11 addressed his classmates at Last Collection.
Howard A. Schneiderman Professor of Biology Scott Gilbert addressed the senior class at Last Collection.
Robert DuPlessis, Isaac H. Clothier Professor of History and International Relations
Faculty Marshall and Professor of Mathematics Don Shimamoto
Philippe Celestin '11
Caitlin Adams '11, Emmanuel Afrifa '11, Nidal Alayasa '11, and Eva Amessé
Sabrina Martinez '92 and Robert DuPlessis
Swarthmore's 139th Commencement
Swarthmore's 139th Commencement
Robert DuPlessis, Isaac H. Clothier Professor of History and International Relations, addressed the Class of 2011 at Baccalaureate services.
Howard A. Schneiderman Professor of Biology Scott Gilbert
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