FACTS ON AUTUMN 2012 COMMENCEMENT

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At a research-scale combustion unit at Ohio State University, engineers are testing a clean coal technology that harnesses the energy of coal chemically, without burning it. Here, doctoral student Elena Chung (left) and master's student Samuel Bayham (right) display chunks of coal along with pulverized coal (bottle, center) and the iron oxide beads (bottle, right) that enable the chemical reaction. Photo by Jo McCulty, courtesy of Ohio State University.

The Ohio State University
Sunday, Dec. 16, 2012
2 p.m., The Jerome Schottenstein Center

NUMBER OF DEGREES AND CERTIFICATES
Doctoral...........229
Master’s...........548
Professional........17
Bachelor’s.......2,009
Associate..........107
Certificate..........2
Total:...........2,912

PRESIDING OFFICER: President E. Gordon Gee

WELCOMING REMARKS: Gretchen Metzelaars, senior associate vice president for Student Life.

COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER: Jack Hanna, director emeritus of the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium.

HONORARY DEGREES: Ohio State awarded the honorary Doctor of Public Service to Hanna; the Doctor of Arts to Vikki Heywood, executive director of the Royal Shakespeare Company; the Doctor of Humane Letters to Ray S. Jackendoff, the Seth Merrin Chair in Humanities and co-director of the Center for Cognitive Studies at Tufts University; and the honorary Doctor of Science to Tobin J. Marks, professor of chemistry at Northwestern University.

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD: The Distinguished Service Award was presented to Tanny Crane, president and CEO of the Crane Group and one of Central Ohio's most prominent business leaders; and Jim Tootle, one of university’s greatest advocates.

INVOCATION: Chaplain Joan Bolinger, Wexner Medical Center.

NATIONAL ANTHEM and CARMEN OHIO: Mr. Jaman Dunn, School of Music undergraduate student.