Slide show features 2010 Commencement day photos

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Family portrait

The O'Gorman family poses for its official Commencement portrait: mother Marie O'Gorman, father Michael C. O'Gorman, graduate Michael P. O'Gorman '10 and sister Helen O'Gorman.

Faculty departs

Faculty members Gina Fatone (left), assistant professor of music, and Elizabeth Eames (right), associate professor of anthropology, depart.

Diploma

As faculty marshal John Creasy readies diplomas, President Hansen awards Sean Wirth '10 of Barrington, R.I., his B.A. degree in economics.

Comparing sheepskins

Students carefully inspect their diplomas.

Peanut gallery

A family member gives a very hearty cheer for his beloved graduate.

Graduating

Always uplifting, the 2010 Commencement ceremony had a conversational, convivial spirit, as presenters on stage passed laughs around, friends and families jostled for camera angles and cheered on their graduates, and the breeze shook loose maple seeds that came glittering down like confetti in the sun. Photographs by Phyllis Graber Jensen.