{"id":95039,"date":"2015-06-03T08:29:08","date_gmt":"2015-06-03T12:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/?p=95039"},"modified":"2024-07-01T15:59:56","modified_gmt":"2024-07-01T19:59:56","slug":"multimedia-2015-commencement-moments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2015\/06\/03\/multimedia-2015-commencement-moments\/","title":{"rendered":"Multimedia: 19 moments from Commencement 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For 484 members of the Class of 2015, four years of study culminated in several joyous hours in Merrill Gymnasium, the site of Commencement this year as rain showers fell outside.<\/p>\n<p>Here are 19 moments, in photographs and video, from those final four hours on May 31, 2015.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>7:56 a.m.<br \/>\nPrecious Cargo<\/h3>\n<p>Workers with Facility Services guide their precious cargo, 484 Bates diplomas, into Merrill Gymnasium.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bates diplomas arrive at Commencement 2015\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JgK-uCQC_r0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>8:20 a.m.<br \/>\nGetting with the Programs<\/h3>\n<p>Student workers, including Anan Ahmed &#8217;17 of Mal\u00e9, Maldives, place Commencement programs on chairs.<\/p>\n<p>Within 90 minutes, the gym will fill to capacity with 3,300 seniors, family, friends, faculty, and honorands. Eight hundred and fifty guests will watch from overflow locations on campus with another 2,000 tuning in for the livestream. (Marc Glass &#8217;88\/Bates College)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/06\/150531-diplomas-and-chairs.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-large wp-image-95045\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/06\/150531-diplomas-and-chairs-900x675.jpg\" alt=\"150531 diplomas and chairs\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/06\/150531-diplomas-and-chairs-900x675.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/06\/150531-diplomas-and-chairs-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/06\/150531-diplomas-and-chairs-144x107.jpg 144w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/06\/150531-diplomas-and-chairs-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/06\/150531-diplomas-and-chairs.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>9:20 a.m.<br \/>\nThinking Caps<\/h3>\n<p>The Commencement speaker, mathematician Manjul Bhargava (left), winner of the Fields Medal in 2014, gets some expert advice on mortarboard style from President Spencer (second from left) and fellow honorands Joan Benoit Samuelson, Mark Abelson, and Thomas Moser. (Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/06\/web-150531_Commencement_j0461.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-large wp-image-95073\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/06\/web-150531_Commencement_j0461-900x600.jpg\" alt=\"web-150531_Commencement_j0461\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/06\/web-150531_Commencement_j0461-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/06\/web-150531_Commencement_j0461-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/06\/web-150531_Commencement_j0461-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/06\/web-150531_Commencement_j0461.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>9:28 a.m.<br \/>\nSelfie Aware<\/h3>\n<p>Honorand Mark Abelson takes a selfie with his faculty host, John Kelsey, professor emeritus of psychology.<\/p>\n<p>Kelsey was the academic and thesis adviser to Mark&#8217;s son, Stuart Abelson, a 1997 neuroscience graduate who is now a Bates trustee. Stuart is also the CEO of Ora, the company that Mark Abelson founded and that is now the world\u2019s leading ophthalmic research and product development firm. (Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/06\/web-150531_Commencement_j0555.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-large wp-image-95074\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/06\/web-150531_Commencement_j0555-900x600.jpg\" alt=\"web-150531_Commencement_j0555\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/06\/web-150531_Commencement_j0555-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/06\/web-150531_Commencement_j0555-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/06\/web-150531_Commencement_j0555-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/06\/web-150531_Commencement_j0555.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>9:33 a.m.<br \/>\nPersuasive Tricolon<\/h3>\n<p>They came, they robed, they selfied: Faculty members of the Department of Rhetoric pose for a memento. Jonathan Cavallero holds the phone. Next to him is Stephanie Kelley-Romano, and Jan Hovden is below. (Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/06\/web-150531_Commencement_j0611.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-large wp-image-95075\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/06\/web-150531_Commencement_j0611-900x600.jpg\" alt=\"web-150531_Commencement_j0611\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/06\/web-150531_Commencement_j0611-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/06\/web-150531_Commencement_j0611-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/06\/web-150531_Commencement_j0611-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/06\/web-150531_Commencement_j0611.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>9:39 a.m.<br \/>\nThe Party Arrives<\/h3>\n<p>Professor of Sociology and Mace Bearer Sawyer Sylvester leads the academic procession, including the platform party headed by President Clayton Spencer, into Merrill Gymnasium. (Phyllis Graber Jensen)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/06\/web-150531_Commencement_j0698.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-large wp-image-95076\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/06\/web-150531_Commencement_j0698-900x600.jpg\" alt=\"web-150531_Commencement_j0698\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/06\/web-150531_Commencement_j0698-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/06\/web-150531_Commencement_j0698-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/06\/web-150531_Commencement_j0698-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/06\/web-150531_Commencement_j0698.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>10:33 a.m.<br \/>\nWide Audience<\/h3>\n<p>Manjul Bhargava delivers his Commencement address in Merrill Gym. This line got a big laugh:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;I suspect that when you all exited your last class here at Bates and were getting ready for graduation, you probably weren\u2019t thinking, &#8216;I wish I could have had one more math class!&#8217; In case you were thinking this, your dream has just come true.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>(Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/06\/web-150531_Commencement_j1594.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-large wp-image-95077\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/06\/web-150531_Commencement_j1594-900x600.jpg\" alt=\"web-150531_Commencement_j1594\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/06\/web-150531_Commencement_j1594-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/06\/web-150531_Commencement_j1594-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/06\/web-150531_Commencement_j1594-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/06\/web-150531_Commencement_j1594.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>10:44 a.m.<br \/>\n&#8216;Ideally Prepared<\/h3>\n<p>Bates professors applaud as Manjul Bhargava concludes his Commencement address. He ended with this sentiment:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;Use all these wonderful experiences, these things you enjoy, these connections, to find a job but beyond that, to do good work\u00a0\u2014 in the language of Bates, to find your Purposeful Work\u00a0\u2014 to have fun, to make new friends, to take care of your family, your friends and others, and to do good work in the world. Of course, I believe the experiences that you\u2019ve had at Bates already ideally prepare you to do exactly this.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>(Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/06\/web-150531_Commencement_j1674.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-large wp-image-95078\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/06\/web-150531_Commencement_j1674-900x600.jpg\" alt=\"web-150531_Commencement_j1674\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/06\/web-150531_Commencement_j1674-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/06\/web-150531_Commencement_j1674-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/06\/web-150531_Commencement_j1674-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/06\/web-150531_Commencement_j1674.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>10:50 a.m.<br \/>\nSad Songs Say So Much<\/h3>\n<p>Emotion shows on the faces of the Commencement Choir, composed of underclassmen, as they perform &#8220;For Good&#8221; from the musical <em>Wicked<\/em>, which ends with the line, &#8220;Because I knew you, I have been changed for good.&#8221; (Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/06\/web-150531_Commencement_j1746.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-large wp-image-95079\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/06\/web-150531_Commencement_j1746-900x600.jpg\" alt=\"web-150531_Commencement_j1746\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/06\/web-150531_Commencement_j1746-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/06\/web-150531_Commencement_j1746-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/06\/web-150531_Commencement_j1746-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/06\/web-150531_Commencement_j1746.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>10:54 a.m.<br \/>\nThe A&#8217;s Have It<\/h3>\n<p>The first seniors march\u00a0 to the stage to receive their Bates diplomas.<\/p>\n<p>The first two seniors, Cody Abbott and Eric Adamson, have already passed the photographer at this point, so the seniors you see are, from right, Alexandra Adolph of Amherst, Mass., Olalekan Afuye Ado of Ekti, Nigeria, Yaa Agyare of London, David Alfaro of Los Angeles, John Allen of Westfield, N.J., and Hannah Allerton of New York City. (Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/06\/web-150531_Commencement_j1770.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-large wp-image-95080\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/06\/web-150531_Commencement_j1770-900x600.jpg\" alt=\"web-150531_Commencement_j1770\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/06\/web-150531_Commencement_j1770-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/06\/web-150531_Commencement_j1770-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/06\/web-150531_Commencement_j1770-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/06\/web-150531_Commencement_j1770.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>11:24 a.m.<br \/>\nCall and Response<\/h3>\n<p>The cheering section for senior Asha Mohamud of Lewiston calls out as she receives her diploma. (Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/06\/web-150531_Commencement_j2239.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-large wp-image-95081\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/06\/web-150531_Commencement_j2239-900x557.jpg\" alt=\"web-150531_Commencement_j2239\" width=\"900\" height=\"557\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/06\/web-150531_Commencement_j2239-900x557.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/06\/web-150531_Commencement_j2239-400x247.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/06\/web-150531_Commencement_j2239-200x124.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/06\/web-150531_Commencement_j2239.jpg 1746w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>11:33 a.m.<br \/>\nStepping Out<\/h3>\n<p>President Spencer approves as senior Isaiah Rice, a dance and politics double major, does some quick moves as he arrives for his diploma. (Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/06\/web-150531_Commencement_j2362.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-large wp-image-95082\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/06\/web-150531_Commencement_j2362-900x600.jpg\" alt=\"web-150531_Commencement_j2362\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/06\/web-150531_Commencement_j2362-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/06\/web-150531_Commencement_j2362-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/06\/web-150531_Commencement_j2362-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/06\/web-150531_Commencement_j2362.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>11:37 a.m.<br \/>\nTo a Certain Degree<\/h3>\n<p>Hannah Siegel of Tokyo, an environmental studies major who graduated cum laude, holds her diploma. The Class of 2015 has 14 Fulbright Fellows, 93 double majors and one triple major, 37 honors thesis students, and 69 All-Academic athletes. (Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/06\/web-150531_Commencement_j2434.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-large wp-image-95083\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/06\/web-150531_Commencement_j2434-900x643.jpg\" alt=\"web-150531_Commencement_j2434\" width=\"900\" height=\"643\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/06\/web-150531_Commencement_j2434-900x643.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/06\/web-150531_Commencement_j2434-400x286.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/06\/web-150531_Commencement_j2434-200x143.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/06\/web-150531_Commencement_j2434.jpg 1512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>11:41 a.m.<br \/>\n<em>Fotograf\u00eda Final<\/em><\/h3>\n<p>Cody Tracey, a cum laude Spanish major from Baltimore, poses for the official photographer after leaving the stage. (Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/06\/web-150531_Commencement_j2505.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-large wp-image-95084\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/06\/web-150531_Commencement_j2505-600x900.jpg\" alt=\"web-150531_Commencement_j2505\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/06\/web-150531_Commencement_j2505-600x900.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/06\/web-150531_Commencement_j2505-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/06\/web-150531_Commencement_j2505-133x200.jpg 133w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/06\/web-150531_Commencement_j2505.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>11:46 a.m.<br \/>\nRight Left<\/h3>\n<p>Bryan Lehrer of Armonk, N.Y., adjusts the tassel of Thomas Leonard of North Granby, Conn., after the seniors made the traditional tassel move from their right to left. At right is Vasu Leeaphon of Bangkok; at left, Frances Leslie of Wiscasset, Maine. (Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/06\/web-150531_Commencement_j2637.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-large wp-image-95085\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/06\/web-150531_Commencement_j2637-900x600.jpg\" alt=\"web-150531_Commencement_j2637\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/06\/web-150531_Commencement_j2637-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/06\/web-150531_Commencement_j2637-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/06\/web-150531_Commencement_j2637-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/06\/web-150531_Commencement_j2637.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>11:53 a.m.<br \/>\nThe Handoff<\/h3>\n<p>Professor of Sociology Sawyer Sylvester, the senior member of the Bates faculty and thus the bearer of the college mace at ceremonial events, hands the mace to his successor, Charles Franklin Phillips Professor of Economics Michael Murray. Sylvester retires from the Bates faculty on July 31.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sawyer Sylvester passes the mace to Michael Murray\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1FHjAexZX-4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>11:54 a.m.<br \/>\nPomp and Circumdance<\/h3>\n<p>Faculty members move to the jubilant recessional music by the Atlantic Clarion Steel Band. (Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/05\/W_150531_Commencement_j2872.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-95008 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/05\/W_150531_Commencement_j2872-900x600.jpg\" alt=\"During the Commencement 2015 recessional, faculty members get into the spirit of music from the Atlantic Clarion Steel Band. (Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College)\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/05\/W_150531_Commencement_j2872-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/05\/W_150531_Commencement_j2872-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/05\/W_150531_Commencement_j2872-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/05\/W_150531_Commencement_j2872.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>11:59 a.m.<br \/>\nEmbraceable You<\/h3>\n<p>Outside of Merrill Gym, as the graduates march past the faculty during the recessional, Daniel Oyolu, a Spanish major from Houston, receives a congratulatory embrace from Associate Professor of Spanish Claudia Aburto <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Guzm%C3%A1n\">Guzm\u00e1<\/a>n. (Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/06\/web150531_Commencement_j3093.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-large wp-image-95086\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/06\/web150531_Commencement_j3093-900x600.jpg\" alt=\"web150531_Commencement_j3093\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/06\/web150531_Commencement_j3093-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/06\/web150531_Commencement_j3093-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/06\/web150531_Commencement_j3093-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/06\/web150531_Commencement_j3093.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>12:08 p.m.<br \/>\nTouching Moment<\/h3>\n<p>The formal ceremonies over, it&#8217;s time for families to reunite. Julia Ofman &#8217;15, a religious studies major from Brooklyn, N.Y., gets a loving squeeze from her sister, Kaitlin, as their mother, Ursula, watches her two daughters. (Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/05\/W_150531_Commencement_j3426.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-large wp-image-95010\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/05\/W_150531_Commencement_j3426-900x600.jpg\" alt=\"W_150531_Commencement_j3426\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/05\/W_150531_Commencement_j3426-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/05\/W_150531_Commencement_j3426-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/05\/W_150531_Commencement_j3426-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/05\/W_150531_Commencement_j3426.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nineteen moments, in photographs and video, from the Class of 2015&#8217;s final hours together on May 31, 2015.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":148,"featured_media":95082,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_hide_ai_chatbot":false,"_ai_chatbot_style":"","associated_faculty":[],"_Page_Specific_Css":"","_bates_restrict_mod":false,"_table_of_contents_display":false,"_table_of_contents_location":"","_table_of_contents_disableSticky":false,"_is_featured":false,"footnotes":"","_bates_seo_meta_description":"","_bates_seo_block_robots":false,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_id":0,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_twitter_id":0,"_bates_seo_share_title":"","_bates_seo_canonical_overwrite":"","_bates_seo_twitter_template":""},"categories":[4,11009],"tags":[12356,10831,10739],"class_list":["post-95039","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-life","category-the-college","tag-center-for-purposeful-work","tag-commencement","tag-commencement-2015"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95039","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/148"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95039"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95039\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":95227,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95039\/revisions\/95227"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/95082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}