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Wake Forest University holds its 2009 Commencement Exercises on Monday, May 18, 2009.

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Wake Forest University holds its 2009 Commencement Exercises on Monday, May 18, 2009.

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Wake Forest University holds its 2009 Commencement Exercises on Monday, May 18, 2009. New graduates stand to sing the alma mater.

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Wake Forest University holds its 2009 Commencement Exercises on Monday, May 18, 2009. Graduates line up to cross the stage.

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Wake Forest University holds its 2009 Commencement Exercises on Monday, May 18, 2009. Wake Forest President Nathan O. Hatch shakes hands with each graduate as he or she crosses the stage.

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Wake Forest University holds its 2009 Commencement Exercises on Monday, May 18, 2009. Wake Forest President Nathan O. Hatch shakes hands with each graduate as he or she crosses the stage.

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Wake Forest University holds its 2009 Commencement Exercises on Monday, May 18, 2009. Wake Forest President Nathan O. Hatch shakes hands with each graduate as he or she crosses the stage.

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Wake Forest University holds its 2009 Commencement Exercises on Monday, May 18, 2009. Wake Forest President Nathan O. Hatch shakes hands with each graduate as he or she crosses the stage.

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Wake Forest University holds its 2009 Commencement Exercises on Monday, May 18, 2009. Graduates bounce a beach ball around Hearn Plaza.

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Wake Forest University holds its 2009 Commencement Exercises on Monday, May 18, 2009. Graduates bounce a beach ball around Hearn Plaza.

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Wake Forest University holds its 2009 Commencement Exercises on Monday, May 18, 2009.

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Wake Forest University holds its Commencement ceremony on Monday, May 19, 2008. Faculty line Hearn Plaza to greet the new graduates as the walk in the recessional.

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Wake Forest University holds its Commencement ceremony on Monday, May 19, 2008. Louis Frazier '08 walks up to receive his diploma.

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Wake Forest University holds its Commencement ceremony on Monday, May 19, 2008. WFU President Nathan O. Hatch shakes hands with each graduate as they cross the stage.

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Wake Forest University holds its Commencement ceremony on Monday, May 19, 2008. Chemistry major Nick Babladelis '08.

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Wake Forest University holds its Commencement ceremony on Monday, May 19, 2008.

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Wake Forest University holds its Commencement ceremony on Monday, May 19, 2008.

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Wake Forest University holds its Commencement ceremony on Monday, May 19, 2008. President Nathan O. Hatch welcomes the graduates, faculty and guests before introducing the Commencement speaker.

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Wake Forest University holds its Commencement ceremony on Monday, May 19, 2008. Faculty and administrators walk in the processional.

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Wake Forest University holds its Commencement ceremony on Monday, May 19, 2008. Political Science professor David Coates carries the mace in the processional.

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Wake Forest University holds its Commencement ceremony on Monday, May 19, 2008.

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Wake Forest University Commencement exercises on Hearn Plaza on Monday, May 21, 2007. Graduates walk through a gantlet of faculty as they recess from Hearn PLaza.

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Wake Forest University holds Commencement exercises on Monday, May 21, 2007. Graduates line up to cross the stage.

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Wake Forest University holds Commencement exercises on Monday, May 21, 2007. An aerial view of Commencement from the bell tower of Wait Chapel.

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Wake Forest University holds Commencement exercises on Monday, May 21, 2007. An aerial view of Commencement from the bell tower of Wait Chapel.

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Wake Forest University holds Commencement exercises on Monday, May 21, 2007. Wake Forest President Nathan O. Hatch addresses the graduates.

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Wake Forest University holds Commencement exercises on Monday, May 21, 2007. New York Times columnist David Brooks gives the Commencement address, "The Hidden River of Knowledge."

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Wake Forest University holds Commencement exercises on Monday, May 21, 2007. Wake Forest President Nathan O. Hatch welcomes graduates and their families.

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Wake Forest University holds Commencement exercises on Monday, May 21, 2007.

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Wake Forest University holds Commencement exercises on Monday, May 21, 2007. Graduates stand on Hearn Plaza as they wait for the processional to finish.

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Wake Forest University holds Commencement exercises on Monday, May 21, 2007. Faculty members line up for the processional.

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Wake Forest University holds Commencement exercises on Monday, May 21, 2007.

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Wake Forest University Commencement ceremonies, Monday, May 15, 2006. President Nathan O. Hatch addresses the graduates.

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Wake Forest University Commencement Ceremonies, Monday, May 16, 2005. Aerial view of the commencement festivities from the Chapel.

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Wake Forest University Commencement Ceremonies on the Quad, Monday, May 16, 2005.

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Wake Forest University holds its annual Commencement ceremony in the Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum on Monday, May 17, 2010.

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Wake Forest University holds its annual Commencement ceremony in the Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum on Monday, May 17, 2010.

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Wake Forest University holds its annual Commencement ceremony in the Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum on Monday, May 17, 2010.

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Wake Forest University holds its annual Commencement ceremony in the Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum on Monday, May 17, 2010.

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Wake Forest University holds its annual Commencement ceremony in the Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum on Monday, May 17, 2010.

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Wake Forest University holds its annual Commencement ceremony in the Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum on Monday, May 17, 2010.

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Wake Forest University holds its Baccalaureate Service in Wait Chapel on Sunday, May 16, 2010, for graduates and their families.

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Wake Forest University holds its Baccalaureate Service in Wait Chapel on Sunday, May 16, 2010, for graduates and their families.