Oregon State University - Beaver Yearbook (Corvallis, OR)

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COMMENCEMENT Over 14,000 family members and friends came out to Reser Stadium on June 17th to celebrate the 72nd Commencement Ceremony in which over 4,600 degrees were conferred. The event had just over 2,200 students attending to receive their Doctorate, Masters, or Baccalaureate degrees. Although the forecast was for cloudy skies and moderate temperatures, the sun came out and made for a very hot day inside the stadium. Many of the attendees were unexpectedly sunburned and the students, who had to sit on the field for the entire three hour ceremony, were tightly packed in and very warm by the end of the day. The Commencement speaker was Mary Carlin Yates. Yates is a native of Portland and received her Bachelor of Arts in English from OSU. She is currently the political advisor to the Commander, United States European Command. Yates was presented with an honorary doctorate during the ceremony. Also presented an honorary doctorate was Mike Rich. A Portland native. Rich attended OSU and went on to create many notable movies such as Radio and Nativity Story. The Distinguished Service Award was presented to Rollin Sears for his work with wheat. There were many Doctoral and Masters students on hand however, the Baccalaureate Degrees took the longest to hand out. The College of Liberal Arts had the largest number of degrees awarded and many students also received Honors degrees. Professional students from the College of Pharmacy and the College of Veterinary Medicine received their degrees at a separate ceremony. Overall, Commencement was a successful The procession of undergraduate students enters Reser Stadium during the 2007 Corn-event that saw thousands of OSU stu- mencement Ceremony. Professors from each college escorted the graduates along their dents beginning a new part of their life. way 1 Photo by Toan Ngo | Story by Amy Welch 64 Studtr Lfo

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Both ot Me Bank 63 Above left: Matt Haide, Oktaviano Mer-ecias, Scott Wilhelmsen, and David Lenker perform as part of the band Criti cal Mass. | Photo by Andrew McDade Above: Charley McGowan, drummer of the band Honest to Empire, sports a spiked red mohawk for the event. | Photo by Andrew McDade Left: Students were able to watch bands perform on two stages. The transformation of the Quad to the Battle of the Bands grounds started Thursday and ended Friday. | Photo by Andrew McDade Far left: A student enjoying the concert crowd surfs near the stage. Students also danced near the stage while bands performed. | Photo by Andrew McDade Left: Concert-goers were able to listen to the bands either in the general area or from the beer garden. Students 21 and older were able to go into the beer garden provided by Rouge Ales. | Photo by Andrew McDade

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Above left: Students in the ROTC program at Oregon State take their oath of commission. This ceremony signified the graduates becoming officers. | Photo by Toan Ngo Above: Graduates walk onto the field in order to find their seats. Graduates were lined up in alphabetical order so that they would receive their own diploma. | Photo by Toan Ngo Left: Graduates wave to their guests after arriving to their seats. Many students used cell phones to help their guests locate them in the large crowd. | Photo by Toan Ngo Far left: Emily Riley and her family pose for pictures in the MU Quad. Many families took pictures in the Quad before and after the ceremony. | Photo by Toan Ngo Left: President Edward Ray gives a Masters student her diploma. OSU was one of the few universities in the nation to give graduates their diploma during the commencement ceremony. | Photo by Toan Ngo