The 2012 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 22, 2011, 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 2011
The Class of 1961
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

Sandra Sadler Whiton
Chief Sealth International High School
Seattle, Washington

Honorary Degree   |   President Bridges

Meda Chesney-Lind ’69
Professor of Women’s Studies, University of Hawaii at Manoa
Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa

Commencement Address   |   Meda Chesney-Lind ’69

“But What Was It Like for Women? The Art of the Dumb Question”

Class of 2011 Speaker   |   Esther C. Weathers ’11

“We Think We Know”

2011 Senior Class Committee Presentation   |   Sarah L. Ringold ’11

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

Closing Remarks   |   President Bridges

The Whitman Hymn   |   Conducted by Jackson T. Maberry ’11
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.