MBCNews - Images from Commencement 2009

Images from Commencement 2009

2009-05-24

Includes Slideshow

Graduates in Mary Baldwin College’s Class of 2009 were greeted by a warm spring Commencement morning May 24, the humid air punctuated again and again with proud shouts and applause. When it wrapped up more than 330 undergraduate and graduate degrees had been conferred, including the college’s largest graduating class, 51, of Master of Arts in Teaching students. Watch the slideshow for images that capture the spirit of celebration on Page Terrace during MBC’s 167th Commencement. Check back for additional pictures!

Commencement award winners:

Louise McNamee ’70,Algernon Sydney Sullivan Non-Student Award, honorary doctorate of humane letters

Robyn Stegman ’09,Algernon Sydney Sullivan Student Award and Mary Keith Fitzroy Award

Devon Burke '09,Martha Stackhouse Grafton Award

Crystal France ’09,Adult Degree Program Outstanding Student

Amanda Fertile ’09,Master of Arts in Teaching Outstanding Student

Robert Jones ’09,MLitt/MFA Ariel Award
More information about awards given at MBC's Commencement: www.mbc.edu/news
Read remarks by Commencement speaker Karen Sherman , executive director for global programs at Women for Women international.
Read profiles of several 2009 MBC graduates on MBC News.

Local news coverage of Commencement 2009:

The News Leader
The News Virginian
WVIR-NBC29
WHSV-TV3