Reception (the day before
the commencement) |
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The Innsbruck
group |
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The Vienna Group |
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Dean Dr. Alfred S.
Posamentier welcomes the Austrian |
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Dr. Susan Weil thanks Joan
Newman for her engagement |
The 156th Commencement
Friday, May 31st, 2002 |
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Getting ready for the big
event |
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The School of Education, led
by Dean Posamentier, marches in. |
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The gowns of most
universities in the USA are black, the hoods, worn over the shoulders and down
the backs of the faculty, indicate the degrees and the institution of the
wearers. The shortest hood is the bachelor', the longest and broadest is the
doctor's and the master's is midway between these in size. The lining of the
hood, in silk, gives the colors of the institution granting the degree. The
color of the velvet binding or eding designates the subject of the degree
earned.
Among the most frequently seen colors are:
| Architecture |
Blue-Violet |
| Economics |
Copper |
| Education |
Light Blue |
| Engineering |
Orange |
| Journalism |
Crimson |
| Law |
Purple |
| Medicine |
Green |
| Music |
Pink |
| Philosophy |
Dark Blue |
| Science |
Golden Yellow |
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The President's gavel is
carried by the Provost, who is the chief academic officer of the College. It
was given to the College in 1958 in honour of the founder of The City College
of New York, Towsend Harris, by his grandnephew, Richard H. Rush. |
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Riverdale |
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Prof. Sondra Perl, the
mentor of the Innsbruck group invited the group to her house in Riverdale
(Bronx) |
At the
Weils' |
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Celebrating |
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Dr. Rebecca Mlynarczyk and
her husband |
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Elliot the little
monster |
Dinner at
Carmine's |
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An informal get together of
students and professors at a nice restaurant on Broadway ( Italian home-style
cooking) |
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Shepard
Hall |
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The most impressive location
in Shepard Hall is the aptly named Great Hall, a cathedral-scaled space
that is the building's centerpiece. It has been the site of numerous historic
events (President William Howard Taft, Woodrow Wilson, Franklin D. Roosevelt,
Albert Einstein….)
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It's supposed to bring luck
to touch Abraham Lincoln's nose before exams (that's why it is so
shiny) |
