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Marlboro College 65th Commencement
May 13, 2012
“The hallmark of Marlboro is personal responsibility for your education and for your lives, and I have no doubt that you will keep that theme going,” said author and environmentalist Bill McKibben in his commencement address on May 13. McKibben told members of the class of 2012 that their experience at Marlboro College was, in many ways, an example of how society should be to reverse the human impact on the earth’s climate. Despite dire environmental warnings from both McKibben and, more humorously, senior speaker Shea Witzberger, nothing could dampen the spirits of the 70 graduates on this sunny commencement day. The community bid a fond farewell to retiring faculty member Laura Stevenson, and awarded honorary degrees to McKibben, pioneer alumnus Harold Grinspoon and Vermont poet Verandah Porche. Computer science professor Jim Mahoney was on hand to award a Marlboro diploma to his son, Ian Mahoney ’12, and soprano Rebecca Gildea sang an unforgettable interlude by Aaron Copland, accompanied by music professor Matan Rubinstein on piano.
- Commencement address: Bill McKibben
- Senior speaker's address: Shea Witzberger
- President's remarks: Ellen McCulloch-Lovell
- Honorary degree citation for Bill McKibben
- Honorary degree citation for Harold Grinspoon
- Honorary degree citation for Verandah Porche
- Poem by Verandah Porche
- Academic prizes
- List of Graduates/Plans of Concentration
- Photo gallery
- Watch commencement online
- Order a DVD (Note: Parents of the Class of 2012 will receive one complimentary copy by mail.)
