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here had been some talk that Southwestern College’s 2011 Commencement should be held inside Stewart Field House. After all, that would avoid last-minute scrambling to accommodate Kansas’s famously changeable weather and last year’s exercises proved the inside option was quite workable. The Class of 2011, though, made its preferences clear: They wanted to be the first class to graduate in the new Richard L. Jantz Stadium.
So on May 8, under brilliant blue skies, the newest SC alumni turned their tassels outside. A strong wind created a few unplanned moments (President Dick Merriman was hit in the face by three different errant mortarboards as he shook hands with the new graduates) but the stadium was shiny and bright and filled with equally shiny and bright graduates. Hold on to your hats, world – here comes the Class of 2011.
To see more photos visit sckans.edu /commencement
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