Emma Magazine - CASE

emma everywhere 03A Golden MorningIt was a beautiful day in Troy forthe 198th Commencement, andfamilies and faculty gathered towatch 85 remarkable girls receivetheir diplomas and begin thenext chapter of their lives.Every senior was personallyrecognized by Trudy Hall, whospoke of their accomplishments,their talents, and theiradventures. She then introduced“Emma’s unofficial dean ofphilanthropy,” Michal ColbyWadsworth ’65, who spoke withhumor about “the real world,philanthropy, and you.”Wadsworth has been instrumentalin the formation ofthe campus group, Phila,which is devoted to teachingstudents about philanthropy.She reminded the graduatingseniors to give back to EmmaWillard. “You young womenwill go out into that real worldwith courage to serve and shapeyour world. With your support,generations of younger girls willfollow you. We who came beforeyou answered that call for you.Answer that for future students.”She was followed by Dr.Kathryn Moeller, a speaker atAUDACIA—a global forumfor girls’ education that EmmaWillard sponsored in New YorkCity last fall. Dr. Moeller spokeabout her research on philanthropicprograms aimed atempowering girls and women.Before conferring the diplomas,Anne N. DePrez ’73,Chair of the Board of Trustees,awarded the Jameson AdkinsBaxter Award to Linnhe Kapnernoting her “uncommonly fulland good heart.” Erin Crotty’84, another board memberand past president of theAlumnae Association Council,awarded the Clementine MilllerTangeman Award to JuliaRiback. Crotty heralded Julia's“passion, intelligence, lively classpresence, and positive attitude.”Two senior speakers, ZhixingFei and Pei-Ting Hse, thenshared the stage for an unconventionaland humorous seniorspeaker farewell, at the end ofwhich, to mark the beginningof “life in the real world,” theyled the entiring graduatingclass in raising their voices toshout the song lyrics, “WE AREGOLDEN!” across Mount Ida. Summer 2012