Wake Forest welcomes newest alumni
Approximately 1,500 undergraduate and graduate students received diplomas on a picture-perfect day May 21 on Hearn Plaza.

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Beware the siren call of success
President Nathan O. Hatch encouraged graduates to look beyond society's typical measures of success. "I trust that your education at Wake Forest reinforced a different message."

Six receive honorary degrees
Commencement speaker David Brooks was among six distinguished guests to receive honorary degrees.

Farewell to the Class of '07

The founder of Wake Forest's newest overseas-service trip, a Rhodes Scholar, an aspiring filmmaker and a teacher bound for China look back on their years at Wake Forest — and what lies ahead. Meg McIntyre » Michelle Sikes » Alex Creswick » Jim Vizthum »

A lifetime of service
Wake Forest bids farewell to four professors who devoted their lives to the University, while a dean who strengthened the School of Law's national reputation returns to the classroom.
Howell Smith »
John Collins »
John Moorhouse »
Michael Sinclair ('63) »
Robert K. Walsh »

Senior Orations
Trish Crawley, Andrew Durkin and Michelle Sikes presented their winning orations at the Honors and Awards Ceremony on May 20.

Commencement trivia
Fifty years after the first Commencement was held on the Reynolda Campus, graduates and their families and friends gathered again for Commencement 2007 on Hearn Plaza. But the first graduation on the new campus wasn't held on the Quad/Hearn Plaza; where was it held?

"Party on, Demon Deacons"
A former First Lady, senators, governors, business leaders, a cardinal and a cartoonist are among the speakers who have shared their wit and wisdom at Commencement.

Programs

• Commencement Ceremony [PDF]
• Honors & Awards [PDF]
• Baccalaureate Service [PDF]
• School of Law Hooding Ceremony [PDF]
• Divinity School Hooding, Commencement [PDF]
• Graduate School of Arts & Sciences Hooding [PDF]
• Babcock Graduate School of Management Hooding [PDF]
• School of Medicine Commencement [PDF]
• School of Medicine, Doctor of Medicine Hooding [PDF]
• School of Medicine, Physician Assistant [PDF]

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