Fall Convocation

Fall 2009 Convocation

September 2, 2009

Welcome

Catharine Hill, president, Vassar College
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Remarks

Caitlin Ashton Ly, ’10, president, V.S.A.
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Address

“The Local”
Jeffrey R. Walker, Professor of Earth Science
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Spring 2009 Convocation

April 29, 2009

Welcome

Catharine Hill, president, Vassar College
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Remarks and Presentation of the 2009 Banner to the President of the Senior Class

Bronwen Pardes ’95
Luis Gabriel Hoyos, president, Class of 2009
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Remarks

James A. Kelly, President, V.S.A.
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“Far From Algeria”
Elisabeth Cardonne-Arlyck, Pittsburgh Endowment Professor of French
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Fall 2008 Convocation

September 5, 2007

Welcome

Catharine Hill, president, Vassar College
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Remarks

James A. Kelly ’09, president, V.S.A.
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Address

Robert K. Brigham, Shirley Ecker Boskey Professor of History and International Relations
“Sea Change”
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Spring 2008 Convocation

April 30, 2008

Welcome

Catharine Bond Hill, president, Vassar College
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Remarks

Sam Charner ’08, president, V.S.A.
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Convocation Address

“Sitting on a Bench”
Ronald A. Sharp, Dean of the Faculty and Professor of English
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Fall 2007 Convocation

September 5, 2007

Welcome

Catharine Bond Hill, president, Vassar College
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Remarks

Sam Charner, ’08, president, V.S.A.
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Convocation Address

“Serendipity and Circumstance in the Shaping of a Career”
Lucy Lewis Johnson, Professor of Anthropology
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