Baccalaureate/Commencement 2016	Print Issue
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Baccalaureate

• Baccalaureate Welcome, given by Penn President Amy Gutmann.
• Navigating Exciting Possibilities, given by David Brooks, author, political and cultural commentator, New York Times columnist.

Commencement

• Friendships Across Great Divides, given by Penn President Amy Gutmann.
• Apply What You Have Learned to Make the World a Better Place, given by Laura W. Perna, James S. Riepe Professor; executive director, Alliance for Higher Education; Incoming Chair of the Faculty Senate.
• Making Ideas Truly Come Alive, given by Penn Provost Vincent Price.
• The Stories We Tell, given by Lin-Manuel Miranda, composer, writer and performing artist; Pulitizer, Grammy, Tony and MacArthur award recipient.
• Commencement 2016 in Pictures
• Commencement 2016 Slideshow
  
• View the Webcast of the Ceremony

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A Penn Tradition: Penn President Amy Gutmann sat with Ben on the Bench before the 2016 Commencement as this year’s Honorary Degree recipients gathered around. Standing (from left to right) Asma Jahangir, Elizabeth Bailey, Eric Kandel, David Brooks, Commencement Speaker Lin-Manuel Miranda, Penn Trustees Chair David Cohen, Sylvester James Gates, Jr., Hawa Abdi’s daughter, Deqo Mohamed (who accepted the honorary degree on her mother’s behalf since she could not leave Somalia) and Renée Fleming. Photo by Eddy Marenco.