Enjoy photos from the 2012 Baccalaureate Services and Commencement. Approximately 690 graduating seniors participated in this year’s ceremony, the college’s 147th.  

The class consisted of students from throughout the United States as well as from overseas, including from Armenia, Brazil, China, Kyrgyzstan, Mexico, Palestine, Singapore, South Korea and Thailand.

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