{"id":470,"date":"2009-06-06T20:09:03","date_gmt":"2009-06-07T02:09:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.coloradocollege.edu\/bulletin\/?p=470"},"modified":"2009-06-06T20:09:03","modified_gmt":"2009-06-07T02:09:03","slug":"commencement-may-18th-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/bulletin\/2009\/06\/commencement-may-18th-2009\/","title":{"rendered":"Commencement – May 18th, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"David

David Amster-Olszewski \u201909 led a project to install solar panels on the Edith Gaylord Apartments.<\/p><\/div>\n

Four hundred forty-six undergraduates and nine master of arts in teaching students received their degrees in Colorado College\u2019s 128th <\/sup>commencement ceremony. Michael Bennet, the new U.S. senator from Colorado, addressed the CC graduating class of 2009. Bennet became Colorado\u2019s senator after Ken Salazar \u201977<\/strong> was named U.S. secretary of the interior. <\/span>Bennet began his public service career as an aide to Gov. Richard Celeste of Ohio, who is now CC\u2019s president. <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Photos by Tom Kimmell<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

\"Blake

Blake Hammond \u201909, senior class president, addresses the crowd.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"President

President Dick Celeste and Colorado Senator Michael Bennet.<\/p><\/div>\n

Congratulations class of 2009!<\/strong> In your four years at Colorado College, you have:<\/p>\n

Celebrated the opening of the Edith Kinney Gaylord Cornerstone Arts Center<\/p>\n

Rallied the student vote for the 2008 election<\/p>\n

Seen Shove Memorial Chapel struck by lightning<\/p>\n

You\u2019ve had the opportunity to see:<\/p>\n

    \n
  • The Doobie Brothers<\/li>\n
  • Poet laureate Billy Collins<\/li>\n
  • Political strategist Donna Brazile<\/li>\n
  • Actor Kevin Costner<\/li>\n
  • Revered Tibetan Buddhist monk and scholar Khen Rinpoche Lobzang Tsetan<\/li>\n
  • Comic Sandra Bernhard<\/li>\n
  • Entrepreneur Ted Turner<\/li>\n
  • NPR\u2019s Ira Glass<\/li>\n
  • Filmmaker Spike Lee<\/li>\n
  • Columnist George Will<\/li>\n
  • Author Michael Pollan<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    You\u2019ve taken initiative on sustainability, including aCClimate 14, the CC garden, solar panels, LEED certification for the Cornerstone Arts Center, and the RecycleMania competition.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

    \"Claire

    Claire Hunt \u201909 gives the thumbs up.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    On May 18, 446 undergraduates and nine master of arts in teaching students received their degrees in Colorado College’s 128th commencement ceremony. Michael Bennet, the new U.S. senator from Colorado, addressed the CC graduating class of 2009. Bennet began his public service career as an aide to Gov. Richard Celeste of Ohio, who is now CC’s president.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[26],"class_list":["post-470","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-july-2009","tag-features"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=470"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}