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2008 Commencement Ceremony

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P.J. Smith strides confidently into Chadwick Court, leading his line of the processional.

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Faculty Marshal Tobey Herzog awaits the start of the 170th Commencement Ceremony.

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President White welcomed the crowd of more than 2,000 to the 170th Commencement Ceremony.

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Sharon Lawton, who was working her 30th and last Commencement Ceremony as Associate Registrar, gave the sheepskin diplomas one last look about an hour before the ceremony began.

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Chris Geggie, a magna cum laude graduate and Commencement speaker, gave remarks he called "Let Wabash Always Fight."

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John Moore, whose father Mark is a Wabash alumnus and whose mother gave the opening prayers at the Baccalaureate Service, gave a Commencement address called "Uncertainty and Hope."

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Author Tim O'Brien, Major General Earl L. Johnson ’38, and former Chairman of the Board of Trustees Joe Barnette ’61 received honorary degrees at Commencement.

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LaFollette Distinguished Professor in the Humanities Bill Placher ’70 gave the invocation and benediction at Commencement.

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President White asked the 186 graduating seniors to look for their families and thank them.

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The graduating seniors pay tribute to their mothers on Mother's Day.

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President Patrick White rings out the Class of 2008.

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President Patrick White rings out the Class of 2008.

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