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Commencement

President Gora presides over Ball State's commencement ceremonies.

08SpringComm0553 President Gora addresses the graduates and their families during the university’s spring commencement ceremonies.
08SpringComm0360 More than 2,500 students graduate from Ball State each spring during commencement ceremonies on the Old Quadrangle.
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U.S. Sen. Richard Lugar addresses the 2,500 graduates at Ball State’s 155th Commencement on May 9, 2009. The longest serving U.S. senator in Indiana history told the class of 2009 that each of them was “a potential innovator with the capacity to enrich society’s knowledge and solve real-world problems.”

08SpringComm0183 President Gora presents the President’s Medal of Distinction to Dennis Bland, executive director of the Center for Leadership Development in Indianapolis, during Ball State’s spring commencement ceremonies May 3, 2008.
08SpringComm0578 Steve Bell, former ABC News correspondent and professor emeritus of telecommunications, is hooded as he receives an honorary doctor of laws degree at spring commencement ceremonies May 3, 2008.