New graduates William Vezinaw, Sandeep Ambrose, Sam Beckwith, Natasha Chainani, Veronika Alex, Dan Lucas, Talya Mallin, Taylor Harvey, and Woo Joo Han celebrate by tossing their mortarboards into the air.Noted political commentator Chris Matthews, the host of the MSNBC TV show Hardball with Chris Matthews, received an honorary doctor of letters degree.The graduating class meets next year’s senior as Shreya Krishnan hugs Pooja Suresh ’15; Megha Chaudhury hugs Amita Sampath ’15; Heena Haiderali hugs Harleen Girgla ’15.The candidates listen to Jamal Rossi, dean of the Eastman School, address the Class of 2014: “You graduate with more than a degree and more than an education. You graduate with the power to transform the world.”Jamal Rossi concluded his address by saying, “There’s a little Spider Man in all of us,” referencing the filming of The Amazing Spider-Man 2 in front of Kodak Hall last summer.Mortarboards were decked out with the signs of the ceremony—in this case, Rocky, chemical engineering, and the Kauffman entrepreneurial program.Students cheer as the final members of the class receive their degrees during the ceremony.Members of the Class of 2014 gather in Lowry Hall.Millicent Okereke celebrates after receiving her diploma from President Seligman.The graduates are recognized by faculty, family, and friends at the end of the ceremony. “Today is your day of triumph, your day of joy,” said President Seligman.Candidates for graduate degrees in education take in the sights as they arrive in Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre.More than 220 doctoral degrees from all of the University’s schools were conferred at the ceremony.Electrical engineering PhD candidate Bora Karaoglu adjusts his tam before heading into the ceremony in Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre.
