https://blogs.swarthmore.edu/burke/blog/2011/05/31/pictures-from-an-institution-1/ Culture, Politics, Academia and Other Shiny Objects Wed, 15 Jun 2011 20:31:46 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.4.15 https://blogs.swarthmore.edu/burke/blog/2011/05/31/pictures-from-an-institution-1/comment-page-1/#comment-7689 Tue, 31 May 2011 18:21:00 +0000 https://blogs.swarthmore.edu/burke/?p=1605#comment-7689 My graduation from Swarthmore–and I mean the actual 3 hours of the ceremony plus aftermath itself–definitely ranks as one of the top ten most significant moments of my life. I’ve been to a lot of graduation ceremonies since, but of all of them, Swarthmore’s best capture a sense of intimacy and mutual regard between students and faculty.

]]> https://blogs.swarthmore.edu/burke/blog/2011/05/31/pictures-from-an-institution-1/comment-page-1/#comment-7688 Tue, 31 May 2011 17:56:12 +0000 https://blogs.swarthmore.edu/burke/?p=1605#comment-7688 We just started the gauntlet practice about three years ago or so. I think it’s charming though I can tell you that by the end, my arms are about to fall off.

]]> https://blogs.swarthmore.edu/burke/blog/2011/05/31/pictures-from-an-institution-1/comment-page-1/#comment-7687 Tue, 31 May 2011 17:09:33 +0000 https://blogs.swarthmore.edu/burke/?p=1605#comment-7687 At Cornell, as the graduates walked across campus to the stadium for the ceremony, they did so through a gauntlet of faculty who applauded the whole way. At such a large school there are obviously a lot of faculty (though not so many that students don’t excitedly pick out their favorite profs on the way), and so this goes on a long time. This was something that I hadn’t heard about in advance (never found out if it was deliberately kept a secret or if I just hadn’t heard of it) and I found myself really moved by it.

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