PHOTOS BY ROBERT WILLETT AND ETHAN HYMAN/THE NEWS & OBSERVER
Counterclockwise
from top: A rainy
Commencement
morning; speaker
Edward O. Wilson
and Chancellor
Holden Thorp ’ 86;
Elizabeth Stephens
’ 11 of St. Louis
walks with her
mother, Kate
Stephens, toward
the Bell Tower.
selves and your lives.
“So, go forth. Think. Save the world.”
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the capacity to find new knowledge in
order to respond quickly to needs and
crises, in their various professions, in public
affairs, and in their daily life,” Wilson said.
“And, with it all, to think upon and under-
stand the meaning of humanity and your-
The registrar listed 5,780 graduates —
3,597 bachelor’s, 1,278 master’s, 307 doc-
toral and 598 professional degrees and cer-
tificates. In addition to Wilson, UNC
awarded honorary degrees to Greensboro
businessman Timothy Burnett ’ 62, Univer-
sity of Michigan President Mary Sue Cole-
man ’ 69 (PhD), authors Ernest Gaines and
John Grisham, and history professor
Dwight T. Pitcaithley. Suzanne Cusick ’ 75
(PhD), professor of music at New York
University, was the speaker for the doctoral
hooding ceremony, and Eric Montross ’ 94,
chair-elect of the GAA Board of Directors,
gave the keynote address for the undergraduate baccalaureate program.
ONLINE: Highlights from
Commencement are at
alumni.unc.edu/
commencement. Wilson’s remarks are at
alumni.unc.edu/go/Wilson-2011.
The News & Observer’s online version of the
panoramic view, pictured above, allows you to
zoom in and see every face in the crowd, at
bit.ly/lsANOX.
