2017 Law Commencement Program

1 O rder of E xercises Prelude Processional Crown Imperial (1937)......................................................................................................Walton Convening the Commencement..................................................................................Silvia Flores, M.D. Grand Marshal Member of the Board of Trustees Presiding Officer...........................................................................................George L. Hanbury II, Ph.D. President and Chief Executive Officer * Star Spangled Banner ...............................................................................................................Key/Smith O! say can you see by the dawn’s early light, What so proudly we hailed at the twilight’s last gleaming, Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight, O’er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming? And the rockets’ red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there; O! say does that star-spangled banner yet wave, O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave? Welcoming and Introductions...............................................................................Ralph V. Rogers, Ph.D. Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs Opening Remarks................................................................................................... George L. Hanbury II Dean’s Remarks............................................................................................................ Jon M. Garon, J.D. Dean, Shepard Broad College of Law Introduction of Student Speaker......................................................................................... Jon M. Garon Address on Behalf of the Graduates...........................................................................Maxwell H. Sawyer J.D. Class of ’17 Introduction of Student Speaker......................................................................................... Jon M. Garon Address on Behalf of the Graduates.......................................................Cornethia Chadwick Sanderson Master’s Degree Class of ’17 Conferring of Honorary Degree Doctor of Laws........................................................................................................George L. Hanbury II *The audience should stand during this part of the ceremony.