Graduation Day!
Scott caught an early plane back to Los Angeles to get back to work, and Harold and I met up with Jennifer for the drive from San Francisco to Berkeley. The University of California Berkeley holds many different graduation ceremonies based on department. Today was the Department of Political Science Commencement. We started with a brunch in honor of the
Ph. D. graduates. During the socializing time, we met more of Jennifer's student colleagues as well as three of her five dissertation advisers. Then the department chairperson called the group to order and each doctoral graduate (all 19 of them) was introduced by his or her committee chairperson. In Jen's case, two advisers commented on her research and on her contributions to the field as a result and her contributions to the community of students and scholars at Berkeley. Parental pride was everywhere - bursting out of every pore, in fact. After seven years of study, research, and exploration, Jennifer and her student colleagues have succeeded! Hurray!
After the brunch we went to lunch at Adagia, a campus restaurant located in a beautiful old brick building with a lovely sun-lit patio where we had our meal. Then we headed up the hills walking to the Greek Theater where the commencement ceremony was held. Nineteen doctoral candidates received their diplomas and then 350+ undergraduates received their degrees - all under the hot sunny skies of Berkeley CA. After the commencement, there was a reception on the camponile - complete with locally grown ripe strawberries and brownies! Somehow I felt as though the whole thing had been planned especially for me even without the champagne! :)
Dinner was another celebration! Jennifer and seven or eight of her best friends from the political science student cohort reconvened in San Francisco for an evening of celebration that included family and friends and lots of food and drink! It was a perfect ending to a very special day.
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