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Congratulations, Ms. Ree-CHARD, here is your diploma

Burlington, Vt., Free Press

May 15, 2008

Institutions of higher education confer degrees - by the thousands or by the dozens - in different ways. St. Michael's is small enough to do it the old-fashioned way. Each name is read aloud, and then that namesake walks across a stage, shakes the hand of the college president and is handed a diploma. Commencement is a big deal. Can you imagine what it would be like if your family came from Calais or Sri Lanka to watch you get your degree and then the reader mangled your name?

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