Speaking to the Class of '06, chemistry teacher Jennifer Cottone advises that the "potential energy" of the graduates be used to live life with integrity and to face their future with optimism.
These commencement remarks delivered at the commencement of the Class of 2005 where Headmaster Tad Roach speaks of the infamous middle of the night prank.
This commencement address was delivered by Trustee Emeritus, Henry N. Herndon, Jr.'48, P'83 to the Class of 2004. Please note: This commencement address was not available in it's entirety.
Director of Development, Joy McGrath congratulates the graduating class of '04 on not conforming to the world and have shown that they are a group with no use for artifice...
In discussing explorer Apsley Cherry-Garrard's account of a 1914 trek to the South Pole in search of a penguin egg, VI Form Advisor John Austin urges the graduates to journey through life in a continuous search of knowledge: "[C]onceive of yourself, ..
This commencement address was delivered by Bard College President, Dr. Leon Botstein. Dr. Botstein is the Leon Levy Professor in the Arts and Humanities at Bard. Dr...
This commencement address was delivered by Madeleine L'Engle to the Class of 1995. Ms. L'Engle is a lay theologian, educator. author and grandmother of graduate Edward A. Jones '95.
Please note this is only an excerpt of her address.
This commencement address was delivered by Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights Division, United States Department of Justice, Deval L. Patrick, to the Class of 1994.
This commencement address, "A Sense of Responsibility", was delivered by Assistant Headmaster for Academic Affairs and English teacher, Tad Roach, to the Class of 1992.