Torchlight Ceremony
June 2007 Lake E-ffect
Photos by Jim Russell ’83
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Susan Coultrap-McQuin
Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Susan Coultrap-McQuin offered a toast to the Class of 2007 during SUNY Oswego’s annual Commencement Eve dinner, May 18. 		Jon Roberts and Maggie Dolly with Check
Jon Roberts ’07 and Maggie Dolly ’07 presented SUNY Oswego with a check for $5,670.07. The money was raised by the Class of 2007 through senior T-shirt sales, a senior class telethon, and various mailers in order to sponsor a garden in front of the new Campus Center building.		 John McLoughlin
Master of Ceremonies Lt. John McLoughlin ’75 shared his Oswego memories with 370 graduates, their families, alumni, faculty, staff and friends who attended the Torchlight dinner.
State Singers
StateSingers and the Oswego State Jazz Ensemble provided live entertainment in Sheldon Park prior to the Torchlight ceremony.		 Catlin Hankinson
Student Master of Ceremonies was Caitlin Hankinson ’07. 		Marybeth McMenemom
Torchlight student speaker Marybeth McMenemon ’07 offered final words to her fellow classmates. “As we all grow and continue on our journey, to what I am sure will be greatness, it is important that we remember to give back to this place that we have called home for the past few years.”
Jon Roberts
Torchbearer Jon Roberts ’07 makes his way around the inner circle lighting candles during the annual Torchlight ceremony, May 18. 		Jon Roberts
Torchbearer Jon Roberts ’07 waits for Dr. Barbara Palmer Shineman ’65 to light her candle in the inner circle. Shineman was the recipient of a Presidential Medal during Commencement, May 19. 		Hankinson, Stanley, McLoughlin, and McMenemon
[From left to right] Torchlight Student Master of Ceremonies Caitlin Hankinson ’07, SUNY Oswego President Deborah F. Stanley, Master of Ceremonies John McLoughlin ’75 and student speaker Marybeth McMenemon ’07 share a photograph after the event.