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May 2008: Commencement

• William Whitaker gave the commencement address.
• Felipe Estefan gave the Hobart senior speech.
• Alyssa McDermott gave the William Smith senior speech.
• President Mark Gearan gave the valedictory address.

April 2008: Charter Day and Benjamin Hale Dinner

• Dr. Wangari Maathai P '94, P '96, L.H.D. '94 accepted the Elizabeth Blackwell Award
• Alum address offered by Garry Mendez '96

October 2007:

• Dedication of Abbe Center for Jewish Life

August 2007:Convocation

• President Mark D. Gearan gave the Convocation Opening
• Chair of the Board David H. Deming offered his welcome
• Provost Teresa Amott introduced the faculty speaker
• Associate Professor Thomas Drennen gave the faculty address
• Vice Chair of the Board Maureen Collins Zupan '72, P'09 presented the President's Medal
• Congressman John Lewis gave the Convocation Address
• Felipe Estefan '08 and Shavonne Ward '09 offered the student response

May 2007: Commencement

• Chaplain Lesley Adams gave the baccalaureate address
• Jamie Agnello '07 offered a poem during the baccalaureate service
• President Mark Gearan gave the valedictory address
• Journalists Judy Woodruff and Albert R. Hunt gave the commencement address
• Allison Toepp '07 gave the William Smith senior speech
• Nick Cream '07 gave the Hobart senior speech
• Professor Scott McKinney gave the faculty address during the Student-Athlete Commencement.

April 27, 2007: Moving Up Day and Elizabeth Blackwell Award Ceremony

• Dr. Pricilla Schaffer '64, Sc.D. '94 accepted the Elizabeth Blackwell Award
• Senior Jamie Agnello, William Smith Class 2007 legacy

April 13, 2007: Benjamin Hale Dinner

• Alum address by Brennan Coon '02

August 30, 2006: Convocation

• President Mark D. Gearan's Opening Remarks
• Student address by Hobart student trustee, Adam Chaput '07
• Student address by William Smith student trustee, Maggi Sliwinski '07
• Board Chair David Deming's Welcoming Remarks
• Teresa Amott's Provost's Reflections
• Dorothy Wickenden '76, executive editor of The New Yorker, delivered the Convocation Address

May 14, 2006: Commencement

• Chaplain Lesley Adams gave the baccalaureate address
• President Mark Gearan gave the valedictory address
• John King, CNN's Chief National Correspondent, gave the address
• Abogan Oluwayemisi '06 gave the William Smith senior speech
• Matthew Lyttle '06 gave the Hobart senior speech

April 22, 2006: Charter Day

• Dean Clarence E. Butler, keynote address

August 31, 2005: Convocation

• President Mark D. Gearan's Opening Remarks
• Rosie K. Mauk, director of AmeriCorps, delivered the Convocation Address
• Provost Teresa Amott's welcoming remarks
• Provessor Nick Ruth's faculty address
• Student address by William Smith student trustee, Oluwayemisi O. Abogan '06
• Student address by Hobart student trustee, Raul Nuñez '06

May 15, 2005: Commencement

• Chaplain Lesley Adams gave the Invocation and Benediction
• Dee Dee Myers, former White House press secretary, gave the address
• Regina Assetta '05 gave the William Smith senior speech
• Paul McNeil '05 gave the Hobart senior speech
• President Mark Gearan gave valedictory remarks

April 27, 2005: President's Forum speech by Eric Liu, Author and founder of the Guiding Lights Project, titled "What Diversity Can-and Can't-Teach Us?"

April 19, 2005: President's Forum speech by Ray Burghardt, Former U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam, titled "Vietnam and the U.S.: 30 Years After the War, 10 Years After Normalization."

April 18, 2005: President's Forum speech by Eleanor Clift, Newsweek contributing editor, titled "Women and Politics-From Suffrage to Hillary."

Feb. 3, 2005: Medal of Excellence Award ceremony, acceptance speech by Reynold Levy '66, president of Lincoln Center

Jan. 19, 2005: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration, "Redeem the Dream" speech given by Rochester Mayor William Johnson

Sept. 24, 2004: Faculty Lunch with Dan Singal, professor of history, who presented "Understanding the 2004 Election: What History Can Tell Us"

Sept. 12, 2004: Chaplain Lesley M. Adams gave a sermon at Sage Chapel, Cornell University

Sept. 7, 2004: Convocation and Elizabeth Blackwell Award Presentation

• President Mark Gearan made Convocation remarks
• Jamie Agnello '07 read her poem "speak softly in this place"
• Linda D. Arrington '88 gave the history of the Elizabeth Blackwell Award
• Maureen Collins Zupan '72 presented the Elizabeth Blackwell Award honoree, Bishop Barbara Harris
• Matthew Lyttle '06 gave the Hobart student response
• Monique Peeler '05 gave the William Smith student response
• Eric Klaus, assistant professor of German, gave the faculty response
• Rt. Rev. Jack McKelvey, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Rochester, gave the closing blessing

May 16, 2004: Commencement

• Chaplain Lesley Adams gave the Invocation and Benediction
• Chris Matthews, host of MSNBC's "Hardball," gave the address
• Evan Griswold '04 gave the Hobart senior speech
• Heather Harris '04 gave the Willaim Smith senior speech
• President Mark Gearan gave valedictory remarks

May 15, 2004: Chaplain Lesley Adams' Baccalaureate address, "Two Yellow Lines and a Dead Possum"

May 12, 2004: Assistant Professor Economics Jo Beth Mertens gave Mertens' Rules for College at the senior dinner.

April 24, 2004: Salisbury Center at Trinity Hall Dedication

• President Mark Gearan gave dedication remarks
• Charles H. Salisbury Jr. '63 gave dedication remarks.
• Jack Harris, professor of sociology, gave the speech on behalf of the faculty.
• Catherine Dowd-Reilly '04 gave the speech on behalf of the student body.

Sept. 9, 2003: Opening Ceremonies

• Rev. Lesley Adams, chaplain of Hobart College, gave the Invocation.
• Dean of Faculty and Provost Patricia Stranahan gave Academic Convocation remarks
• Loretta C. Ford received the Elizabeth Blackwell Award.
• President Mark Gearan and Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees Maureen Zupan presented Ford with the Blackwell medal.
• Julia James '04, representing William Smith College, gave a gift, a glass pine tree, to Ford. Representing Hobart College, Gregory Sand '05 gave Ford a clock.
• Judge Herbert Stern '58 dedicated Stern Hall. President Gearan named the other donors to the building. Scott McKinney, the William R. Kenan, Jr. Endowed Professor of Economics, gave the faculty response.
• Chair of the Board of Trustees Charles Salisbury introduced William F. Scandling '49 as Trustee Chair Emeritus.

May 12, 2003: Provost Stranahan's Commencement II Remarks.

May 11, 2003: Commencement

• Andrea Mitchell's Address, Commencement
• Hsin-Wei Liu '03 Hobart Senior Speech, Commencement
• Marie Fiero '03 William Smith Senior Speech, Commencement
• Mark Gearan's Valedictory 2003, Commencement

May 10, 2003: Retiring Professor of Mathematics Ann Oaks' Baccalaureate 2003 Speech

May 6, 2003: Ann Oaks, professor of mathematics, spoke at a brunch for William Smith seniors.

April 11, 2003: Elizabeth Perry '69, the Rosovsky Professor of Government at Harvard University, spoke on "Revolution Betrayed? The Fate of Revolutionary Militias in China (and Other Post-Revolutionary Societies)" for a symposium celebrating Asia. That evening, the Colleges officially dedicated the Elizabeth J. Perry '69 Asia Library.

March 24, 2003: Former Ambassador to the United Nations Nancy Soderberg's "The Future of International Relations" talk, given for the President's Forum lecture series and the "A New World Order? Iraq, Terrorism, and International Relations" symposium.

Feb. 27, 2003: Mark Gearan's keynote address at Tabor Academy, for the Academy's "Awareness Day," an event themed around service.

Feb. 2, 2003: Assembly Majority Leader Paul A. Tokasz's keynote address at the Napier Leadership Seminar dinner.

Nov. 20, 2002: Open Letter to President Bush and Congress, requesting immediate reform to solve the problems with the current presidential appointments process, signed by President Mark Gearan.

Oct. 28, 2002: Ambassador Charles Stith's "Peace, Security and Justice: a Post-9/11 Prescription" President's Forum lecture.

Sept. 3, 2002: Convocation

• President Mark D. Gearan's Welcome to Convocation.
• Dean of the Faculty and Provost Patricia Stranahan's Welcome to Convocation.
• Chaplain Lesley Adams' Opening and Benediction given at Convocation.
• Chairman of the Board of Trustees Charles H. Salisbury, Jr. '63 Introduction of Keynote Speaker, Convocation.
• The Honorable Herbert J. Stern '58 Keynote Address "Anthropomorphism", Convocation.
• Professor of Economics Alan Frishman's Faculty Response, given at Convocation.
• Director of Admissions Mara O'Laughlin '66 Staff Response, given at Convocation.
• Presentation of Gifts by Meg Marsh '03, president of William Smith Congress, and Ryan Gillmore '03, president of Hobart Student Government, Convocation.
• President Mark D. Gearan's Closing Remarks at Convocation.

Sept. 1, 2002: Dean of Hobart College Clarence Butler's address at the Matriculation Ceremony, Orientation.

May 13, 2002: Commencement II Provost Patricia Stranahan's Remarks

May 12, 2002: Commencement

• President Mark D. Gearan's Valedictory Address to the Classes of 2002.
• CNN Commentator Mark Shields' Commencement 2002 Address "The Wit and Wisdom of Mark Shields".
• Darya Welker '02 William Smith Senior Speech, "Happiness--Can you Achieve it?," Commencement.
• Shay Fitzpatrick '02 Hobart Senior Speech, "Big Shoes, Tiny Feet," Commencement.

May 11, 2002: Baccalaureate

• Legendary singer Judy Collins' Baccalaureate Address to the Classes of 2002.
• Introduction of Judy Collins, Baccalaureate.

Nov. 29, 2001: Ambassador Alan Keyes' "A Conservative's View: Restoring America After September 11" President's Forum lecture.

Feb. 12, 2001: Political analyst George Stephanopoulos' "An Inside View of Politics, the Presidency, and the Press" President's Forum lecture.

Sept. 4, 2001: Convocation

• Madeleine K. Albright's receipt of the Elizabeth Blackwell Award and Convocation speech, Convocation.
• Madeleine K. Albright Question and Answer Conversations, Convocation.

Sept. 1, 2001: Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton and Former President Bill Clinton's visit.

May 13, 2001: Commencement

• Moderator and managing editor of "Washington Week" Gwen Ifill "Exceed Your Dreams," Commencement.
• President Mark Gearan "Valedictory to the Classes of 2001," Commencement.

June 11, 2000: Commencement

• U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Richard C. Holbrooke, Commencement.
• President Mark D. Gearan "Valedictory to the Classes of 2000," Commencement.

Jan. 11, 2000: First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton's panel discussion for the President's Forum lecture series.

Oct. 22, 1999: Mark Gearan's Presidential Inauguration

• President Mark D. Gearan, Inaugural speech.
• Greetings from the faculty: Associate Professor of Art Elena Ciletti, Mark D. Gearan Inauguration.
• Tribute from Washington, D.C. (transcribed from video presentation), Mark D. Gearan Inauguration.

Oct. 15, 1999: "When Anthony Met Stanton" dedication remarks by sculptor A.E. Ted Aub.

June 14, 1998: Author and feminist Gloria Steinem, Commencement.

Feb. 9, 1996: Author and feminist Gloria Steinem, "Education from the Inside Out," Blackwell Award presentation ceremony for Wilma Mankiller.

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