Photo Gallery: Commencement Ceremony

Follow Sunday's main Commencement ceremony through photos.

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  A sea of empty chairs on the Gengras Lawn early Sunday morning.
  
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  Faculty and administrators process to the stage.
  
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  Graduating seniors from The Hartt School’s Music Theatre program sing the National Anthem and the Alma Mater.
  
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  Thomas J. Groark Jr., chair of the Board of Regents, welcomes the graduates and guests.
  
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  Frank W. Ridley, chair of the state Board of Governors for Higher Education, conveys greetings from the State of Connecticut.
  
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  President Walter Harrison addresses the crowd.
  
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  Kelly Cipriano ’09, an illustration major in the Hartford Art School, received the Belle K. Ribicoff Prize.
  
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  Maegen Garthwaite ’09, an accounting major in the Barney School of Business, was presented with the John G. Lee Medal.
  
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  Daniel Hultgren ’09, who graduated with a dual major in physics and philosophy, received the John G. Martin Scholarship for two years of study at Oxford University’s Hertford College in England.
  
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  Broadcasting executive and businessman Richard Belkin ’56 received the Distinguished Alumni Award.
  
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  David Pines, associate professor in the College of Engineering, Technology and Architecture (CETA), was presented with the Roy E. Larsen Award for Excellence in Teaching.
  
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  Katie Stevinson-Nollet, assistant professor of dance at The Hartt School, was presented with the James E. and Frances W. Bent Award for Scholarly and/or Artistic Creativity.
  
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  Karen Lucas Breda, associate professor of nursing, ENHP, was recognized with the Oscar and Shoshana Trachtenberg Award for Sustained Service to the University.
  
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  Karen Barrett, director of the All-University Curriculum, received the Donald W. Davis All-University Curriculum Award.
  
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  The first-ever Belle K. Ribicoff Junior Faculty Prize was presented to Michael Robinson, assistant professor of history at Hillyer College.
  
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  Louise Blalock, who recently retired after 14 years as chief librarian of the Hartford Public Library, received an honorary Doctor of Humane letters.
  
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  Alan Hassenfeld, former chairman of Hasbro, Inc., received an honorary Doctor of Commercial Science. Provost Lynn Pasquerella and Regent Peter Eio place the doctoral hood on Hassenfeld.
  
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  Former Hartt School faculty member and acclaimed saxophonist Donald Sinta was presented with an honorary Doctor of Music.
  
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  Regent Peter Eio, retired president of LEGO, was presented with an honorary Doctor of Commercial Science. Provost Lynn Pasquerella and Regent Arnold C. Greenberg place the doctoral hood on Eio.
  
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  Peter Eio delivers the Commencement Address.
  
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  Adam Stanisic ’09, outgoing president of the Student Government Association, delivers the Charge to the Graduating Class of 2009.
  
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  Graduates from each of the University’s schools and colleges are asked to stand for the conferring of their degrees.
  
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  Students move their tassels from right to left, to indicate that they are now graduates of the University of Hartford.
  
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  Celebration!
  
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  Paul Sittard ’85, regent and president of the Alumni Association, congratulates the University’s newest alumni.