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Engaged and Inspired The Class of 2011 PHOTOS: Gil Talbot After a water-logged spring, sunshine burst forth for <strong>Colby</strong>-<strong>Sawyer</strong>’s 173rd Commencement exercises held Saturday, May 7, on the college’s front lawn. Assistant Professor of Social Sciences and Education Eric Boyer, winner of the Jack Jensen Award for Excellence in Teaching, delivered a clever Commencement address, “The Unexamined Life: An Examination,” which urged the 194 graduates to balance a Socratic rigor of examination with a zombie’s laid-back contentment. “While Socrates found that his quest for answers led only to the certainty of his own ignorance, the zombie knows very little, but finds contentment in the fact that it has all of the answers it needs,” said Professor Boyer. “If you are looking for a life in which work and play are fused into an organic whole, look no further than the zombie…It is important that you find peace in a world that is unfinished, and with experiences that are precarious and unstable. Know when to slow down to a shuffle, release a few low grumbles, and relax.” In his address, President Galligan congratulated the seniors and reminded them that “a great liberal arts education prepares you to excel in your chosen field and to teach yourself for the rest of your days—whatever you choose to learn.” After highlighting the achieve- 42 COLBY-SAWYER ALUMNI MAGAZINE Jeanne Clark, an Environmental Science graduate, was selected as the student speaker for the Class of 2011 Commencement Ceremony. by Kate Dunlop Seamans ments of specific individuals, he reminded the Class of 2011 that “a great liberal arts education prepares you not only to learn but to teach—however and wherever you choose to do that teaching. You have merged the ability to think critically, to communicate orally and in writing, to act ethically, to appreciate multiple disciplines and diversity, and to know yourselves even better. As a result of all that merging I hope you have become better, more engaged, more responsible citizens.” Jeanne Clark’s senior address, titled “Come Alive,” drew on her field study experiences in Kenya and Tanzania. “When I was in East Africa, I was more alive and more inspired than I have ever felt. Working with the local community in a developing country made me come alive, and this is something I will carry with me for the rest of my life,” she told her classmates. “As we close this ceremony, receive our degrees and move forward, ask yourself: What makes you come alive? Because the world needs a lot of things, but if it could be full of people who are passionate and follow what inspires them, then I believe those things will become possible.”
Above, left to right: Graduating members of the Class of 2011 Emily Dionne, Sabrina Corey and Ashley Sievers lead their classmates, faculty and staff, and the many families and friends gathered in and around the tent, in the singing of the national anthem. Above right: Ashley Miller watches her classmates receive their diplomas. Right, from left to right: New graduates, Patrick Gamble, Tyler Murdoch and Matthew Cole take an opportunity to show off their hard-earned diplomas. Below, from left to right: Environmental Studies Associate Professor Laura Alexander, Professor Leon-C. Malan and Assistant Professor Jennifer White, along with graduates Jeanne Clark, Andrew Francis, Alex Frisch, Hannah White, Anna Hosmer, Sam Kenney, Heather MacIntyre, Aric Lantiegne, Jeff Marc-Aurele and Natural Sciences Associate Professor Nick Baer. SUMMER 2011 43
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