View the 2021 Virtual Commencement Ceremony

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LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND INVOCATION [0:50]
Mark A. Duntley, Dean of Spiritual Life

WELCOME [4:35]
E. Scott Fletcher, Dean of the Graduate School and Professor

REMARKS [9:39]
Wim Wiewel, President of Lewis & Clark

INTRODUCTION OF COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER [12:04]
Dean Fletcher

COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS [14:10]
Esther Boykin, Therapist, Mental Health Advocate, and Public Intellectual

CONFERRING OF DEGREE, ESTHER BOYKIN, DOCTOR OF HUMANE LETTERS honoris causa [22:00]
Conferred by President Wiewel

INTRODUCTION OF STUDENT SPEAKER [22:30]
Janet Bixby, Associate Dean of the Graduate School and Associate Professor

REFLECTIONS OF THE GRADUATES [Briones 24:44; Massinger 28:52; Tran 33:24]
Maria Del Carmen Leija Briones, MA ’21 Professional Mental Health Counseling, Specialization in Addictions
Jill Marie Massinger, MAT ’21 English Language Arts and English for Speakers of Other Languages
Xuan-Giang Lam Tran, MA ’21 Marriage, Couple, and Family Therapy

PRESENTATION OF DEGREE CANDIDATES AND CONFERRING OF DEGREES [37:12]
Dean Fletcher and President Wiewel

READING OF GRADUATE NAMES [39:22]
Courtney Whetstine, Graduate Registrar

CHARGE TO THE CLASS [59:00]
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.