Fall 2012 (PDF) - Virginia Tech

UNIVERSITY COMMENCEMENT11:00 a.m., Friday, December 21, 2012Cassell Coliseum(The audience is requested to remain seated as the academic procession enters.)Prelude………………….……………………………………………………………………………..Virginia Tech Brass EnsembleWallace Easter, ConductorAcademic Processional ……..………………………………………………………………………………..…….Bruce E. PencekCommencement MarshalOpening Reflections ……………………...........…………………………………………………………………Ryan Paul SuttonMale Member-at-Large, Class of 2013The National Anthem …………………………………………………………………………….…………………..…Aurora MartinB.A. Music Performance, Class of 2012Posting of Colors …………………………………………………………………...……………..… Corps of Cadets Color GuardGreetings ……………………………………………………………………………………..…………………….Charles W. StegerUniversity PresidentGreetings from the Alumni Association…………………………………………………......…..…General Lance L. Smith (Ret.)President of the Alumni Association Board of Directors, Class of 1968Message from the Class President…………………………………………………………………………….….Tyler P. CampbellPresident, Class of 2013Message on Behalf of the Graduate Students…………………………………………………………….…… Shaimaa AbdallahDoctoral Student, Electrical Engineering, and President, Graduate Student AssemblyAlma Mater (words inside back cover) ……………………………………………………………..……………….. Aurora MartinGraduation Address ………………………………………………………………………………………..………...….. Annie HespInstructor, Foreign Languages and Literatures, Virginia TechPresentation of Undergraduate Degree Candidates………………………………………………….…….. Mark G. McNameeSenior Vice President and Provostand College DeansConferral of Degrees ……………………………………………….……………………………………..……....Charles W. StegerConcluding Remarks …………………………………………………………………………………...…………Charles W. StegerClosing Reflections………………………………………………………………………………………………………YuYu SchatzSecretary, Class of 2013Recessional …….………………………..………………………………………………….………Virginia Tech Brass Ensemble(The audience is requested to stand as the academic procession recesses.)2