Programs and Speakers

Baccalaureate Ceremony

Saturday, May 18, 2013
2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Cordiner Auditorium

Welcome
George S. Bridges, President

"Defining Moments"
Adam M. Kirtley, Stuart Coordinator of Religious and Spiritual Life

Ecstasy
June
By Amy Beach (1867-1944)
Diana Wu '13, soprano
Katri Gilbert '13, violin
Joyce Chen '13, piano

"Live to Love"
Jenna Fritz ‘13 and Tate Head ‘13

"Dramatic Shift or More of the Same: Reflections on 28 Years of Whitman College Student Life"
Ron Urban, Registrar

‘Round Midnight
By Thelonius Sphere Monk (1917-1982)
Jonas Myers ‘13, piano

"The Lens"
Kendra Golden, Associate Professor of Biology

Commencement Ceremony

Sunday, May 19, 2013
11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Memorial Building South Lawn

Commencement Speaker

Eric Idle, English comedian, actor, author, singer, writer and comedic composer

Honorary Degree Recipients

Eric Idle

Morten Lauridsen '65, Recipient, 2007 National Medal of Arts, Distinguished Professor of Composition at USC Thornton School of Music.

Class of 2013 Speaker

Cornelis Adrianu T. Knook '13