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Cornell's 137th Commencement Weekend, May 28-29, 2005
Commencement ceremony, May 29
  • Photos from Commencement
  • Commencement 2005: Cell phones, congratulations, challenges and a princess (May 29, 2005)
  • In Commencement address, Lehman cautions against 'dark side' (May 29, 2005)
  • President Lehman's Commencement address as prepared for delivery
  • Streaming video of Commencement ceremony (Archive -- requires Real Player)
  • Baccalaureate Address, May 29
  • Vedic scholar Uma Saini urges graduates to practice patience (May 29, 2005)
  • Text of Uma Saini's address as prepared for delivery
  • Senior Convocation coverage, May 28
  • Photos from May 28 events
  • Clark urges students to take risks -- and to 'move people with our ideals' (May 28, 2005)
  • Text of Gen. Wesley Clark's speech as prepared for delivery
  • Clark meets with the media prior to Senior Convocation (May 28, 2005)
  • Streaming video of Convocation (Archive -- requires Real Player)
  • Cornell University Board of Trustees meetings, May 27
  • Trustees hear reports on diversity, construction, land-grant mission (May 28, 2005)
  • Rawlings' presidential portrait: Delight, yes -- surprise, no (May 28, 2005)
  • News releases about the weekend's events
  • Commencement Weekend road, parking lot closings (updated May 28, 2005)
  • Trustees to meet in Ithaca, May 26-29, during Commencement Weekend (May 20, 2005)
  • Cornell to celebrate 137th Commencement May 29 (May 16, 2005)
  • Gen. Wesley Clark is named Cornell's Convocation speaker (April 20, 2005)
  • Meet some of the members of the Class of 2005
  • Astrid Atienza is a leader far from home
  • Astrid Baumgarten will use prestigious prize to promote tourism in Paraguay
  • Laura Borden's farming roots lead to success in communications
  • Jeannette Compton's love of gardening leads to pursuit of career in landscape architecture
  • Denise Fernandez dances toward med school, setting example for family and classmates
  • Coty Franklin will enter 'contact sport' of management-labor negotiations
  • Gonzalo Gallardo weds his passion for music with scholarship
  • Stephanie Horowitz hopes to create a 'green' future in architecture
  • Kate Jackson chose Cornell for engineering -- and brought her horse, too
  • The accidental archivist: Jaffa Panken found her academic calling in a library vault
  • Ethan Rand's passion and firsthand experience drive his pursuit of science and design
  • Latoya Schultz plans career around exotic creepy-crawly creatures
  • Kimberly Taylor believes global focus is essential for new lawyers
  • For Sabeen Virani, Cornell offered a welcome challenge
  • Thomas Wei's love of economics drove him from pre-med to policy analysis
  • The Wenstrups' recipe for success: marriage, one baby and two MBAs

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    Updated May 29, 2005

    Scenes of the day, May 29:
    high five
    Zach Schildhorn '07/Univ. Photography
    11 a.m.: A jubilant student gives faculty members a high-five as he passes on his way to Commencement.

    2005 procession
    Chris Hallman/University Photography
    10 a.m.: The Cornell Class of 2005 leaves the Arts Quad on the way to the Commencement ceremony at Schoellkopf Stadium.

    Baccalaureate Address
    Kevin Stearns/University Photography
    8:30 a.m.: Uma Saini, director of the Language Teaching Center and adviser to the Orthodox Hindu student organization at Johns Hopkins University, delivers the 2005 Baccalaureate Address at an interfaith service honoring graduating students, May 29 in Statler Auditorium.

    Photos from May 28 events


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