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The One Hundred Forty-Fifth
Commencement Bard College held its one hundred forty-fifth commencement on Saturday, May 21, 2005. At the commencement ceremony, Bard President Leon Botstein conferred 333 undergraduate degrees to the Class of 2005 and 89 graduate degrees: 40 masters of fine arts; 18 masters of arts in the history of the decorative arts, design, and culture; 15 masters of arts in curatorial studies; 14 masters of science in environmental policy; and two masters of science in environmental studies. The program, began at 2:30 p.m. in the commencement tent on the Seth Goldfine Memorial Field, included the presentation of honorary doctoral degrees. Click here to read Leon Botstein's Charge to the Graduates The commencement address was given by distinguished poetry critic and Harvard University Professor Helen Vendler, who received an honorary doctor of letters degree. Honorary degrees were also awarded to economist William J. Baumol, Nobel Prize–winning scientist and Rockefeller University President Paul Nurse, Pulitzer Prize–winning author and editor of The New Yorker David Remnick, and Brown University President Ruth J. Simmons. Click here to read Helen Vendler's Commencement Adddress Other events taking place during commencement weekend included class reunions; a concert by Bard student soloists and composers with the American Symphony Orchestra, Leon Botstein, conductor; and the granting of Bard College awards for 2005. The Bard Medal was presented to Bard Music Festival Trustee Felicitas S. Thorne; the John and Samuel Bard Award in Medicine and Science to Amalia C. Kelly '75; the Charles Flint Kellogg Award in Arts and Letters to Jane Evelyn Atwood '70; the John Dewey Award for Distinguished Public Service to Richard G. Frank '74; the Mary McCarthy Award to Annie Proulx; and the Bardian Award to Hilton M. Weiss. Commencement Program 2005 Academic Procession Invocation Commencement Address Conferring of the Honorary Degrees Charge to the Graduates Conferring of the Master of Arts Degrees in the History of the Decorative Arts, Design, and Culture Conferring of the Master of Fine Arts Degrees Conferring of the Master of Arts Degrees in Curatorial Studies Conferring of the Master of Science Degrees in Environmental Studies Conferring of the Master of Science Degrees in Environmental Policy Conferring of the Bachelor of Arts Degrees Benediction
Awards Bard Medal John and Samuel Bard Award in Medicine and Science Charles Flint Kellogg Award in Arts and Letters John Dewey Award for Distinguished Public Service Mary McCarthy Award Bardian Award
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