Past Commencement Ceremonies

2012

Goucher College's 121st Commencement Exercises took place on Friday, May 20, 2011, at 10:30 a.m. on the Winslow Great Lawn, between the Athenaeum and Welsh Hall.  Goucher presented a live video stream of the Commencement exercises. Click here to watch the ceremony from your computer.

• President Sanford J. Ungar's Opening Remarks
• Keynote Speaker Ira Glass
• Rear Admiral Margaret Grun Kibben '82 Remarks
• Student Speaker, Jackson Gilman-Forlini 
• Commencement Video
• Photo Gallery

2011

Goucher College's 120th Commencement Exercises took place on Friday, May 20, 2011, at 10:30 a.m. on the Winslow Great Lawn, between the Athenaeum and Welsh Hall.  In 2011, Goucher presented a live video stream of the Commencement exercises. Click here to watch the ceremony from your computer.

• President Ungar's Opening Remarks
• Dr. Ian G. Rawson, Honorary Degree Recipient, Keynote Address
• Eli Cohen, Senior Speaker
• Commencement Video
• Photo Gallery

2010

Goucher College’s 119th Commencement Exercises took place on Friday, May 21, 2010, at 10:30 a.m. on the lawn behind Mary Fisher Hall.

• President Ungar's Opening Remarks
• Charles Frank Bolden Jr., Honorary Degree Recipient, Keynote Address
• Jill Bratt, Senior Speaker
• Photo Gallery

2009

Goucher College’s 118th Commencement Exercises took place on Friday, May 22, 2009, at 10:30 a.m.

• President Ungar's Opening Remarks
• Author Azar Nafisi, Honorary Degree Recipient, Keynote Address
• Paul S. Sarbanes, Honorary Degree Recipient
• Robert Meyerhoff, Honorary Degree Recipient
• Margaret Vidler, Senior Speaker
• Photo Gallery
• Video Clip of Commencement Procession

2008

Goucher College’s 117th Commencement Exercises took place on Friday, May 23, 2008, at 10:30 a.m.

• Photo Gallery
• President Ungar's Opening Remarks
• Matthew Modine, Honorary Degree Recipient, Keynote Address
• Adrienne A. Jones, Honorary Degree Recipient, Commencement Address
• Reverend Doctor Masanobu Fukamachi, Honorary Degree Recipient, Commencement Address
• Ashley Farris, Senior Speaker

2007

• Photo Gallery
• President Ungar's Opening Remarks (Listen Now)
• Garry Trudeau, Honorary Degree Recipient
• U.S. Representative Elijah Cummings, Honorary Degree Recipient (Listen Now)
• Sandy Lerner, Honorary Degree Recipient
• Lisa Gulian, Senior Speaker (Read It | Listen Now)