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Nina Totenberg, National Public Radio’s award-winning legal affairs correspondent, will be the speaker at Mount Holyoke College’s 168th commencement on Sunday, May 22, at which 547 seniors are to receive degrees. Totenberg will be joined by honorary degree recipients Beverly Daniel Tatum, president of Spelman College and former dean of Mount Holyoke; Barbara Wilson ’68, program manager for the Center for Space Microelectronics Technology at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory; and Krisana Kraisintu of the German Medical Aid Organization, who successfully fought for universal access to AIDS drugs in southeast Asia and is now doing the same in Africa. Commencement ceremonies begin at 10:30 am in Richard Glenn Gettell Amphitheater. In the event of rain, ceremonies will be held in Kendall Field House. Saturday, May 21, features two of the College’s most cherished and time-honored commencement traditions: the alumnae parade and laurel chain ceremony, and the canoe sing. At 9 am at Woolley Circle, members of the class of 2005 will be led by alumnae “loyalty classes” in a procession to Mary Lyon’s grave, carrying a garland chain that they will place at the grave site. They will join in singing “Bread and Roses,” a song that became the anthem of workers who went on strike at a textile mill in Lawrence, Massachusetts, in 1912, demanding reasonable hours and pay. The canoe sing begins at 10:30 pm on Lower Lake. Twelve canoes, each decorated with lanterns and seating three seniors chosen by lottery, will illuminate the lake while changing formations. Seniors on the banks of the lake will join those in canoes in singing previously rehearsed songs. Speakers at Saturday evening’s Baccalaureate will be Emily A. Colgan ’05; Mary Renda, associate professor of history; and Calvin Chen, Luce Assistant Professor of Politics. Marjory Heath Wentworth '80, the poet laureate of South Carolina, will read one of her poems, “The Sound of Your Own Voice Singing,” to the class of 2005. Ralitsa Hristova Donkova ’05 will read Emily Dickinson's “Reading,” and the Baccalaureate Choir will perform “Miniatures of Kin,” under the direction of Catharine Melhorn, Hammond-Douglass Professor of Music. President Joanne V. Creighton will preside over commencement, which begins on Sunday at 10:30 am. Five hundred fifty-five seniors are expected to receive bachelor of arts degrees; among them are 45 Frances Perkins Scholars. Twenty-two certificates for international students and two master's degrees will also be awarded. Chosen to speak for the graduating class is American studies major Claudia Y. Calhoun of Houston, Texas. While at Mount Holyoke, she has been an active member of the Student Coalition for Action (SCA) and a core member SCA’s Socially Responsible Investment Committee. Claudia has also worked as a Speaking, Arguing, and Writing Program mentor, as a Take the Lead mentor, and as a member of the Passages Orientation Board. Claudia spent her junior year abroad at Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland. In her senior year, her strong interest in film studies led her to complete an honors thesis on gender and domesticity in post-World War II musical westerns. Anna Vittoria FP ’05 will lead the Alma Mater. To better accommodate the graduating seniors and their families, Gettell has been expanded by approximately 160 seats, bringing its capacity to just over 3,000. 2005 Commencement & College Ceremonies Commencement Archives: |
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