Alvarez Encourages '08 Grads to "Find Their
True Pattern" |
| Celebrated novelist, poet and writer-in-residence at Middlebury College
Julia Alvarez began her address to the Class of 2008 at UVM commencement
activities on May 18 with a prayer. The prayer — borrowed from Mayan
weavers — is one she recites every day of her writing life: "Grant
me the intelligence and patience to find the true pattern." In a speech punctuated by the poetry of Robert Frost, Czeslaw Milosz and Seamus Heaney, delivered to a capacity crowd in the Athletic Complex Multipurpose Facility, Alvarez shared stories from her early childhood in the Dominican Republic and from her relationship with her immigrant father, each revealing how she had struggled to find the true pattern of her own life. [more] |
| Photography Informatation |
Information regarding official photographs for each of the school
and college commencement ceremonies on Sunday, May 18. [more] |
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Greetings The Honorable James H. Douglas, Governor of the State of Vermont Elizabeth S. Bearese, President of the Senior Class Council President's Remarks Daniel Mark Fogel, President of the University of Vermont Alumni Greetings Janet E. Terp, Class of 1980, G 1994, President of the University of Vermont Alumni Association George V. Kidder Outstanding Faculty Award Recipient Lynne A. Bond, Professor of Psychology Closing Reflection John Remo Gennari, Associate Professor of English and Director of ALANA and US Ethnic Studies |
Commencement 2009 will be held on Sunday, May 17th.
For more information contact Leslie Logan, Administrator of University Events, at (802) 656-4205 or by email to: Academic_Ceremonies@uvm.edu
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