The Order of Exercises 2012 Winter Commencement Ceremonies Ceremony for Graduate Degrees, 10:00 a.m. Ceremony for Undergraduate Degrees, 2:00 p.m. Friday, December 14, 2012, Chester Fritz Auditorium
Alma Mater Hail to thee, O Alma Mater! Hail to thee with heart and tongue! Pride we feel and love yet greater While we raise our grateful song. Home of lofty thought and learning, Beacon o’er our western land, Shrine whence still the ever- burning Torch is passed from hand to hand.
Prelude Music..................................................... Michael Wittgraf Procession............................................. “Pomp and Circumstance”
Michael Wittgraf
Please stand during the Processional.
“America the Beautiful”....................................Mary Salveson, Soloist Greetings................................................................. Janice Hoffarth
State Board of Higher Education
Conferring of Honorary Degrees
David Nething, Doctor of Letters (10 a.m. ceremony) Escorted and presented by Dean Kathryn Rand Hiram Drache, Doctor of Letters (2 p.m. ceremony) Escorted and presented by Dean Dennis Elbert
Conferring of Academic Degrees............................... President Robert O. Kelley Suzanne Irwin, Proctor
(Order of degrees begins on Page 3.) (Order of undergraduate degrees begins on Page 9.)
Alumni Greetings..................................................... Laura Block UND Alumni Association and Foundation
“Alma Mater”...........................................The Assemblage
Mary Salveson, Song Leader
Recessional.......................................................... Michael Wittgraf
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