University of Miami - Ibis Yearbook (Coral Gables, FL)

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1 6 Features Students say final farewells Bv FERNANDO BATTAGLIA heers rang out among the members of the University of Miami1s Class of 1993 when UM President Edward T. Foote II bestowed the 2,328 students with degrees during the University1s commencement ceremonies May 14, 1993. Of the students receiving degrees, 225 graduated with honors - the largest group in UM history. 111m incredibly excited. This is wonderful? Jennifer Carey, who received a bachelor of science degree in communication, said. 21 thought it was a good ceremony. It was long, but that1s great because everybody got carried away? 911m pretty satisfied that I completed my school work? said Dan Perlman, who received his bache- lor1s degrees in art and business management. qt was kind of euphoric and nostalgic to gradu- ate? Elisabeth Kindgren, who graduated with a bachelor of business administration, said. The commencement speaker was Vigdis Finnbogadottir, the president of Iceland since 1980, and the first woman to be elected as the head of state of a nation. President Finnbogadottir also received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from' the University. 1 Finnbogadottir spoke about the meanings of words and names, saying that everyone has a duty to preserve language. She said that the Icelandic language is basically unchanged since Viking times. The people of Iceland have a great responsibility to preserve lan- guage because it preserves old, medieval ideas. She said other languages preserve history as well. siWords are not disposable goods? she said. itConservation is becoming a symbol for the gift we have been given and entrusted with the preservation of life itself? The other honorary degree recipients this spring were: I J ane Goodall, the famous English zoologist and