Commencement Program

The 2013 Commencement Program is in progress and will be posted closer to the event. 

For now, last year's program is available for your viewing pleasure:

Sunday, May 20, 2012, 11 a.m.
Memorial Building South Lawn

Processional   |   Walla Walla Valley Band
The audience is requested to stand during the processional.

The Commencement Procession:

The Class of 2012
The Class of 1962
The Faculty
Trustees and Overseers of the College
Honored Guests and Senior Administrators
The President of the College

Welcome Remarks   |   Peter van Oppen ’74, Chair of the Board of Trustees

Introduction   |   George S. Bridges, President

Faculty Recognition   |   President Bridges

Distinguished High School   |   President Bridges

Teaching Award   |   Provost Timothy Kaufman-Osborn

John Chester Kay
'Iolani School, Hawaii

Honorary Degree   |   President Bridges

Colleen Seidelhuber Willoughby '55
Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa

Commencement Address   |   Eric Schlosser, Journalist, author of "Fast Food Nation"

“Another America”

Class of 2012 Speaker   |   Matt Dittrich '12

“Roses in the Mud”

2012 Senior Class Committee Presentation   |   Alyssa Breetwor '12

Conferring of the Bachelor of Arts Degrees in Course   |   President Bridges

Closing Remarks   |   President Bridges

The Whitman Hymn   |   Conducted by Elizabeth Fleming '12

Written by Stephen B. L. Penrose, 1914
The audience is requested to stand during the hymn and the recessional.

Recessional   |   Walla Walla Valley Band

Ron McHenry, Conductor
Jesus R. Vasquez ’09, Assistant Conductor

All graduates and guests are invited to a light lunch hosted by the College between Memorial Building and Penrose Library immediately following Commencement.