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Dear Graduating Seniors:
It is my pleasure to invite you and members of your family to the 2010 Commencement at  University of the Pacific on May 15, 2010. You can be proud of your accomplishments as a Pacific student – you will soon become an alum of a university that you have grown to love. I welcome this opportunity to salute you and your classmates who have experienced Pacific at a time of important advances in the quality of the University.
Our annual University Commencement begins at 9:00 a.m. on May 15, 2010, in the Alex G. Spanos Center, where we celebrate together as one university. Each year at this Commencement event we confer all degrees, recognize outstanding student leaders and award distinguished public figures of high achievement with honorary degrees. All students are expected to attend as degrees are conferred at this ceremony.
Immediately following this event, each of the schools and the College conducts its own separate Diploma and Hooding Ceremony to cap off a highly personalized educational experience at Pacific. Each ceremony is small in size to recognize you individually as you cross the platform to receive your diploma and congratulations from your Dean.
As you step out beyond Pacific, you will find it gratifying to recognize Pacific's rising prominence. Our core values, focusing on students first and on equipping graduates to be citizen leaders in their careers and communities, are underscored by a comprehensive alumni survey completed recently. Pacific alumni rate their experience at Pacific above alumni from dozens of more prominent national universities. This love for Pacific is far more important to us than being ranked high among national universities and, for the 10th consecutive year, among the top 50 “best values” among these schools. We trust your experience here has transformed you, as we promised the day you entered, and that your affection for Pacific is shared throughout your life.
We look forward to you joining us to celebrate your achievements on May 15. As you graduate from Pacific, we are launching new programs, completing construction on two new buildings, and expanding our service to the region and the world. We hope you keep in touch with Pacific and wish you well in your choices ahead, knowing that you are always welcome to return to this beautiful campus you may call home for years to come. We hope you will keep in touch with a Pacific you can continually take pride in.
As you make your plans for Commencement Weekend, we would also like to invite you to join us for the Interfaith Baccalaureate ceremony on Friday at 4:00 p.m., May 14, 2010, in Morris Chapel. This ceremony begins our Commencement celebration and is immediately followed by a reception hosted by President Pamela Eibeck for all graduates and their family members.
I look forward to seeing you at Commencement 2010.
Cordially,
Philip N. Gilbertson
Provost
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