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Spring Commencement 2009
Captioned version,
presenting the entire ceremony.
Text of Archbishop Tutu’s address
Audio Archive
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The Commencement Program
Presiding |
Holden Thorp ’86, Chancellor The University of North Carolina |
Sarah Christine Dempsey ’09, Bachelor of Music, Bachelor of Arts in EnglishWith the Entire Assemblage | |
Recognition of the Platform Party |
Holden Thorp ’86, Chancellor The University of North Carolina |
Remarks | For the Board of Governors Hannah Gage ’75, ChairFor The University of North Carolina Erskine B. Bowles ’67, President For The Board of Trustees of The University of North Carolina |
For the General Alumni Association Dwight M. Davidson III ’77, Immediate Past Chair |
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Joseph S. Ferrell, Secretary of the Faculty | |
Desmond Tutu, Archbishop Emeritus of Cape Town, South Africa | |
Introduction of Deans and Conferring of Degrees | Holden Thorp ’86, Chancellor The University of North Carolina |
James Robert Shelley ’09, Senior Class President | |
Chancellor’s Charge to the Graduates |
Holden Thorp ’86, Chancellor The University of North Carolina |
Carolina in My Mind | The UNC Clef Hangers |
Sarah Christine Dempsey ’09, Bachelor of Music, Bachelor of Arts in EnglishWith the Entire Assemblage
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