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LEWIS & CLARK GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION AND COUNSELING
36TH ANNUAL COMMENCEMENT
JUNE 7, 2020
LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND INVOCATION [O:55]
Mark Duntley, Dean of Spiritual Life
WELCOME [4:28]
Scott Fletcher, Dean of the Graduate School
REMARKS [9:04]
Wim Wiewel, President of Lewis & Clark
INTRODUCTION OF COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER [12:43]
Dean Fletcher
COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS [15:34]
Zaretta Hammond, Educator, Author, and Equity Freedom Fighter
CONFERRING OF DEGREE, DOCTOR OF HUMANE LETTERS honoris causa [25:30]
Dean Fletcher, Zaretta Hammond, and Conferred by President Wiewel
INTRODUCTION OF STUDENT SPEAKER [26:54]
Janet Bixby, Associate Dean of the Graduate School
REFLECTIONS OF THE GRADUATES [28:18]
Jocelin Morales, MEd ’20, School Counseling
PRESENTATION OF DEGREE CANDIDATES AND CONFERRING OF DEGREES [36:06]
Dean Fletcher and President Wiewel
READING OF GRADUATE NAMES [39:05]
Courtney Whetstine, Graduate Registrar
CHARGE TO THE CLASS [54:41]
Dean Fletcher
THE INDIGENOUS LAND OUR COMMUNITY OCCUPIES
Lewis & Clark College purposefully reflects on the history of the land it occupies. Prior to the newcomers arriving in this area, the indigenous land of what would later be called Multnomah County was home to many tribal people. We honor the indigenous people on whose traditional and ancestral homelands we stand: the Multnomah, Kathlamet, Clackamas, Tumwater, and Watalala bands of the Chinook; the Tualatin Kalapuya; and many other indigenous nations of the Columbia River. It is important to acknowledge the ancestors of this place and recognize that we are here because of the sacrifices forced upon them. In remembering these communities, we honor their legacy, their lives, and their descendants.