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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 members Gina Fatone (left), assistant professor of music, and Elizabeth Eames (right), associate professor of anthropology, depart.
As faculty marshal John Creasy readies diplomas, President Hansen awards Sean Wirth '10 of Barrington, R.I., his B.A. degree in economics.
Students carefully inspect their diplomas.
A family member gives a very hearty cheer for his beloved graduate.

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.