Do Something Great • August 29, 2011
"Summer Commencement 2011"
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Congratulations to our new Ohio State alumni!
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$this->visualsCaptionFacts on Summer Commencement 2011:
The Ohio State University
Sunday, August 28, 2011
The Jerome Schottenstein Center
Degrees and Certificates:
Doctoral: 202
Master's: 470
Professional: 36
Bachelor's: 1,027
Associate: 21
Certificates: 1
Total: 1,757
Presiding Officer: E. Gordon Gee, president of The Ohio State University (See President Gee's list of top 10 guidelines for graduates.)
Welcome Remarks: Javaune Adams-Gaston, vice president for Student Life
Commencement Address: Mayor Michael B. Coleman, City of Columbus
Honorary Doctorates: Honorary doctorates were presented to Lord Charles Henry Plumb, a British public servant and lifelong advocate for farmers and agriculture, and commencement speaker, Columbus mayor Michael B. Coleman.
Distinguished Service Award: The university conferred Distinguished Service Awards on Jack Chester, senior partner in the Columbus law firm of Chester, Willcox & Saxbe LLP; and posthumously to Virginia Zirkle, in recognition of her six decades of service to her alma mater as a home economist at the Putnam County Ohio State Extension.
Invocation: Chaplain Joan Bolinger, University Hospitals Pastoral Care
National Anthem and Alma Mater: Carrie Marie Trickel, class of 2010
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