2011 SUNY-Old Westbury graduation
The SUNY College of Old Westbury held the 45th commencement today, May 22, 2011. A unidentifed student cheers during the ceremony. (Photo/Daniel Goodrich) Credit: Photo by Daniel Goodrich
Number of undergraduate
degrees 846
Number of graduate degrees 26
Keynote speaker
John D. Maguire, senior fellow at the Institute for Democratic Renewal and SUNY Old Westbury president from 1970 to 1981, told students: "You, we, all of us must find and nurture our productive, cooperative, compassionate and caring selves. We have to begin with the task of remaking ourselves, turning away from competition to cooperation . . . We must become the very change we increasingly yearn to see."
Student speaker
Ashley Baehrel, a junior and president of the Student Government Association, told students, "Graduates, I envy you. You get to start the next chapter of your lives. . . . You are ready to conquer the world."
-- JAMES T. MADORE
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