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3 unusual facts about Commencement


Commencement

Graduation, the ceremony at which students receive academic degrees

Doehling–Heselton Memorial Trophy

The bell is only rung three times annually; the other two times being Matriculation and Commencement.

Encaenia

The word is from Latin, meaning dedication or consecration, and is ultimately derived from the Greek word 'εγκαίνια', meaning a festival of renewal or dedication, and corresponds to the English term Commencement.


2012 U.S. Farm Bill

In January 2013, following the commencement of the 113th Congress, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid had demonstrated an interest in reintroducing the 112th Congress Senate Farm Bill in the new Congress and Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow openly supported Reid’s position.

Antoine-François Delandine

Nouveau dictionnaire historique, ou Histoire abrégée de tous les hommes qui se sont fait un nom depuis le commencement du monde jusqu'à nos jours, avec des tables chronologiques, par Louis-Mayeul Chaudon et Antoine-François Delandine, (8e édition, 1808).

Ardrossan Winton Pier railway station

When Sectorisation was introduced in the 1980s, the station was briefly served by ScotRail before closing, replaced by Ardrossan Harbour railway station (situated slightly further inland) on 19 January 1987 upon the commencement of electric services.

Battle of Ore

On 6 July 1967 the Nigerian army invaded Biafra resulting in the Battle of Nsukka and ultimately the commencement of the Biafran War.

Bhoja II

As inscriptions of Singhana II are found at Kolhapur itself shortly after that date it would seem that Bhoja II was the last of his family, overthrown and dispossessed by Singhana II in or soon after 1209-10 CE, the commencement of Singhana's reign.

Carver–Hawkeye Arena

The arena also serves as the site of commencement exercises for several of the university's colleges, and has hosted concerts by artists such as Whitney Houston, *NSYNC, Metallica, Guns 'n Roses, and Red Hot Chili Peppers, and speeches by Former President Bill Clinton and Desmond Tutu.

Charles Creighton Carlin

He was reelected to the Sixty-first and to the five succeeding Congresses and served from November 5, 1907, to March 3, 1919, when he resigned before the commencement of the Sixty-sixth Congress, to which he had been reelected.

Cover sheet

Case Information Statement (or Cover Sheet), is a document which is filed with a court clerk at the commencement of a civil lawsuit in many of the court systems of the United States

Crown Debts Act 1609

The words of commencement were repealed by section 1 of, and Schedule 1 to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1948.

Cynuria

When the Aeginetans were expelled from their own island by the Athenians, at the commencement of the Peloponnesian War (431 BCE), the Spartans allowed them to settle in the Thyreatis, which at that time contained two towns, Thyrea and Anthene or Athene, both of which were made over to the fugitives.

Eric Ramsey

Auburn's new President, William Muse, hired a new athletic director to help with the investigation upon Dye's resignation as A.D. Meanwhile, both Eric Ramsey and his wife, Twilitta, graduated from Auburn wearing bulletproof vests during commencement.

Fire and Skoal

Membership is kept secret until the members carry canes at commencement or identify themselves in Dartmouth's yearbook, The Aegis.

Froid, Montana

The town made headlines in 2007 when Governor Brian Schweitzer gave the commencement address to the high school graduating class which consisted entirely of one student, Roxie Britton.

George Madison Adams

Adams was elected Clerk of the House of Representatives December 6, 1875, during the Forty-fourth Congress, and served until the commencement of the Forty-seventh Congress, December 5, 1881.

Gurkha Contingent

In 2006, the GC implemented its biggest change to its uniform since the adoption of the present uniform three decades ago, just prior to the commencement of the 61st Annual Meetings of the Boards of Governors of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group as part of Singapore 2006.

Habeas Corpus Suspension Act 1817

In his speech he said there was "a traitorous conspiracy...for the purpose of overthrowing...the established government" and referred to "a malignant spirit which had brought such disgrace upon the domestic character of the people" and "had long prevailed in the country, but especially since the commencement of the French Revolution".

Hannah Connell Barker

Thus, in 1907, after commencement of the condemnation proceeding, Barker sold the land adjacent to Nederland for the construction of the Barker Meadow Reservoir.

Hoddy Hildreth

He spent his final year of undergraduate studies at Forman Christian College in Lahore, Pakistan before returning to Bowdoin to take his final exams and participate in commencement.

Indonesian killings of 1965–66

The purge was a pivotal event in the transition to the "New Order"; the Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) was eliminated as a political force, and the upheavals led to the downfall of president Sukarno and the commencement of Suharto's thirty-year presidency.

Kiprijan Račanin

Kiprijan Račanin or Cyprian of Rača (Кипријан Рачанин; c. 1650–1730) was a Serbian writer and monk who founded a copyist school in Szentendre, just like the one he left behind in Serbia at the commencement of the Great Turkish War in 1689.

Kyrgyzstan–Uzbekistan barrier

The 1999 Tashkent bombing in February 1999 which were blamed on foreign Islamic militants and the subsequent incursion of the Kyrgyz region of Batken by the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, who were based in Tajikistan and opposed to Uzbek President Islam Karimov, led to Uzbekistan sealing its border and commencement constructing a barbed wire fence around long sections of its border with Kyrgyzstan in the Ferghana Valley.

Lindenwold High School

Princeton University recognized Lindenwold High School's Ann Ryan as one of four outstanding New Jersey secondary school teachers at its Commencement ceremonies on June 6, 2006.

MacInnes Student Ice Arena

The arena's original Wurlitzer organ was used during the Commencement ceremonies, until it was removed during the 2009 renovations.

Mortuaries Act 1529

In this section, the words of commencement and the words "of det by writ byll plaint" were repealed by section 1 of, and Schedule 1 to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1948.

New York Hospital

The origin of the New York Hospital can be traced to the commencement address of Dr. Samuel Bard, Professor of the “Practice of Medicine”, delivered to the first two medical doctors to graduate from King’s College (Now Columbia College, Columbia University) in 1769 titled “A discourse upon the duties of a physician, with some sentiments on the usefulness and necessity of a public hospital.”

Nickerson Field

In 1989, to accommodate commencement speakers U.S. President George H. W. Bush and French President François Mitterrand, a large platform was constructed to Secret Service specifications on one side of the field.

Norm Abram

Abram is also on the board of trustees of Old Sturbridge Village in Sturbridge, Massachusetts, and delivered the 2001 commencement speech at The North Bennet Street School in Boston, which is renowned for its commitment to teaching craftsmanship.

Operation Coronado II

Because of the slow speed of the towed APL moving against the tide the journey took almost 12 hours, but did not delay the commencement of the new operation in Dinh Tuong Province on 28 July.

Perjury Act 1911

So much of this section as related commencement was repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1927.

Plano Independent School District

Previous years' Graduation Commencement Ceremonies have taken place at Reunion Arena and the Dallas Convention Center.

Regina Benjamin

On May 8, 2010, she was awarded an honorary degree of Doctorate of Pharmacy from the Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences at the college's 130th Commencement ceremony held at the Empire State Plaza in Albany, New York.

Rhode Island College

Ron McLarty, a noted television actor and novelist, is a graduate of the College; in 2007, he was the featured speaker at commencement, and was awarded an honorary degree.

Rochet

In the Anglican Church the rochet is a vestment peculiar to bishops, and is worn by them in choir dress, with the chimere, both at all times of their ministration in church and also on ceremonial occasions outside, e.g. sitting in the House of Lords, attending a royal levee, or commencement ceremony.

Saadat Ali Khan I

At the commencement of the emperor Muhammad Shah's reign he held the faujdari (garrison commander) of Bayana.

Submission of the Clergy Act 1533

In this section, the words of commencement were repealed by section 1 of, and Schedule 1 to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1948.

Sunday Observance Act 1625

The words of commencement, the words from "to the constables or churchwardens" to "shalbe committed" and the words from "and in default of such distress" to "space of three hours" were repealed by section 1 of, and Schedule 1 to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1948.

Sunday Observance Act 1627

The words of commencement and the words "by any constable or churchwarden" were repealed by section 1 of, and Schedule 1 to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1948.

Tappan Square

Among the more common are festivals, bonfires, rallies, concerts, vigils, and marches, but Tappan also provides a home for Commencement, Oberlin Folk Fest, Local Foods Festival, OSCA bonfire, Beltane, and Juneteenth.

Tim Kurkjian

He was the 1999 and 2007 Commencement speaker at his alma mater, Walter Johnson High School, the 2008 speaker at Seneca Valley High School, and also delivered the winter commencement speech at the University of Maryland on December 19, 2007.

Toowoomba Airport

The commencement of Skytrans Dash-8 services on the Western Route via Toowoomba has assisted to demonstrate the effectiveness of regional turbo-prop aircraft operating directly in Toowoomba with a low noise footprint.

Tsing Yi Police Station

After the commencement of new town development on the island, Royal Hong Kong Police Force established neighbourhood policing office (派出所) in public housing estates like Cheung Ching Estate and Cheung Hong Estate.

Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church

Presiding at the commencement ceremony, at the invitation of Metropolitan Mefodiy, was the UAOC Metropolitan of New York and America, Mykhayil (Javchak).

Union List

The institutions known at the commencement of this Constitution as the Benares Hindu University, the Aligarh Muslim University and the Delhi University; the University established in pursuance of Article 371-E; any other institution declared by Parliament by law to be an institution of national importance.

Wawel Treasures

Originally commissioned by King Sigismund II Augustus, these tapestries came into existence to commemorate the commencement of his third marriage.

White Auditorium

The Auditorium has been the host for Circuses, trade-shows, commencement ceremonies, The Annual Seasonal Celebrations, concerts and performance’s with such notables as Louis Armstrong, The Israeli Ballet, The Beach Boys, The Cowsills, Little River Band, Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show, George Strait, Alan Jackson, and John Denver.

William Sterrett Ramsey

Ramsey was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-sixth Congress and served until his death before the commencement of the Twenty-seventh Congress, to which he had been reelected.


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