May 15, LSU Graduation
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dragoness_eOn May 15, 2009, my daughter graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from Louisiana State University.
Caveat: Naturally, I'm not publicly posting close-up pictures of family members.
Because LSU has such a large graduating class, they split graduation up into two ceremonies: a single public ceremony that has the commencement speaker and presents the doctoral degrees, and then each school later has a diploma ceremony at which they hand out diplomas and honors to the baccalaureate and master's graduates. Considering that the Arts and Sciences college had 1000 baccalaureates all by itself, that seems like a smart way to do it.
Senator Mary Landrieu was the commencement speaker at the general ceremony.
The arena is full for the general ceremony.
But there's plenty of room in the nosebleed seats
Becky is in this picture!
LSU has a beautiful campus, with lovely old liveoaks and ancient crepe myrtles
The College of Arts and Sciences had its diploma ceremony in the same arena, but much later in the day.
Setting up for the diploma ceremony in the arena
Yes, that's a lot of chairs. 1000 graduates!
Unpacking 1000 diplomas and getting them ready to hand out
Professors and some of the smaller majors getting seated
Look for the guy in the cowboy hat with tassel in the middle of the picture. He's from the University of Texas, based on his robe colors.
Cowboy Professor!
This guy always managed to be (a) in shadow, (b) turned the other way, or (c) blurry when I took a picture of him and his cowboy hat with tassel. Apparently he's really Superman.
Graduates filing into their seats
The people in the colorful robes and hoods are professors; doctoral graduates, including professors, wear a hood lined with their school colors. The colorful robes are those of professors who graduated from schools that traditionally used another robe color than black.
Another view of the professors; lower stands are filled with families
The most colorful professors
Some of the professors have soft hats, too, which really show the medieval/Renaissance origins of graduation robes and hats. The fellow in blue looks positively Italian Renaissance, doesn't he?
Deans and Chairs
The Dean of the LSU College of Arts and Sciences is the fellow in the salmon robes and soft hat. He's another one that looks very Renaissance.
Marine ROTC students leaving the stage after presenting the flag
We had quite a few ROTC graduates, who received their commissions on graduation. Every time one of the new officers was announced, there was tremendous cheering from the stands.
Becky shaking hands with the Dean on receiving her diploma
Regrettably, my photography skills for people are not nearly as good as my skills for landscape--or I had especially shaky hands that day. This was the only distance shot of Becky that cleaned up well enough to be useable, sadly.
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Relatives, Grandma H. has the link to the close-up pictures from graduation, though I'd like to see Jeff's. Friends of Becky, pester her for the close-up pictures if you want to see them.
Caveat: Naturally, I'm not publicly posting close-up pictures of family members.
Because LSU has such a large graduating class, they split graduation up into two ceremonies: a single public ceremony that has the commencement speaker and presents the doctoral degrees, and then each school later has a diploma ceremony at which they hand out diplomas and honors to the baccalaureate and master's graduates. Considering that the Arts and Sciences college had 1000 baccalaureates all by itself, that seems like a smart way to do it.
Senator Mary Landrieu was the commencement speaker at the general ceremony.
The arena is full for the general ceremony.
But there's plenty of room in the nosebleed seats
Becky is in this picture!
LSU has a beautiful campus, with lovely old liveoaks and ancient crepe myrtles
The College of Arts and Sciences had its diploma ceremony in the same arena, but much later in the day.
Setting up for the diploma ceremony in the arena
Yes, that's a lot of chairs. 1000 graduates!
Unpacking 1000 diplomas and getting them ready to hand out
Professors and some of the smaller majors getting seated
Look for the guy in the cowboy hat with tassel in the middle of the picture. He's from the University of Texas, based on his robe colors.
Cowboy Professor!
This guy always managed to be (a) in shadow, (b) turned the other way, or (c) blurry when I took a picture of him and his cowboy hat with tassel. Apparently he's really Superman.
Graduates filing into their seats
The people in the colorful robes and hoods are professors; doctoral graduates, including professors, wear a hood lined with their school colors. The colorful robes are those of professors who graduated from schools that traditionally used another robe color than black.
Another view of the professors; lower stands are filled with families
The most colorful professors
Some of the professors have soft hats, too, which really show the medieval/Renaissance origins of graduation robes and hats. The fellow in blue looks positively Italian Renaissance, doesn't he?
Deans and Chairs
The Dean of the LSU College of Arts and Sciences is the fellow in the salmon robes and soft hat. He's another one that looks very Renaissance.
Marine ROTC students leaving the stage after presenting the flag
We had quite a few ROTC graduates, who received their commissions on graduation. Every time one of the new officers was announced, there was tremendous cheering from the stands.
Becky shaking hands with the Dean on receiving her diploma
Regrettably, my photography skills for people are not nearly as good as my skills for landscape--or I had especially shaky hands that day. This was the only distance shot of Becky that cleaned up well enough to be useable, sadly.
-----
Relatives, Grandma H. has the link to the close-up pictures from graduation, though I'd like to see Jeff's. Friends of Becky, pester her for the close-up pictures if you want to see them.
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