Fall 2012 Issue - Colby-Sawyer College

2012 Grads ‘Earn the Right’
by Kimberly Swick Slover, Director of Communications
In a joyous event marked
by frequent cheering
for their classmates, 207
members of the Class
of 2012 crossed the stage
at Commencement on
May 5 to receive their
diplomas and move on to
the next stage of life.
Student speaker Joseph
R. Delaney ’12, a Communication
Studies major
from Ashfield, Mass.,
delivered an evocative
address titled “Earning the
Right.” Delaney, who
earned double minors in
Writing for Publication
and Studio Art, participated
in theater productions
and many student clubs,
and worked as a video
assistant in the production
studio, producing increasingly
complex and ambitious
video productions.
“When you walk on this
stage with me and shake
your president’s hand,
you aren’t just getting
a receipt confirming your
Student Commencement Speaker
Joseph R. Delaney.
college investment. You
are earning the right to say
something that nobody
else in the world can say,”
he told his classmates.
“Nobody else has had the
same experience we all
shared. Nobody else has a
home away from home like
ours.”
Assistant Professor of
Business Administration
Jody E. Murphy was
awarded the 2012 Jack
Jensen Award for
Excellence in Teaching,
the college’s highest
faculty honor. Each year
the faculty award winner
delivers the Commencement
keynote address.
In her address to the
graduating class, Professor
Murphy noted that “in
accounting, I frequently
say ‘balance sheets must
balance.’ Well, now I
realize how applicable this
is to real life as well. Life
must balance. In the end,
on average, it has to
balance out—not necessarily
every day, or even
President Tom Galligan (right), trustees and a long
line of college community members applaud for the
Class of 2012 after the ceremony.
Ye “Julia” Zhu beams after receiving her diploma.
every week or month, but
as a whole. I wish that
each of you will be able to
find your balance.”
To read more about
Commencement 2012 and
to order photographs, visit
www.colby-sawyer.edu/
commencement/.
Photos: Gil Talbot
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