Facts on Winter 2011 commencement

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Researchers at Ohio State University have invented fluorescent nano-particles that change color to tag molecules under the microscope. This series of photos shows a particle changing from red to green – and, at the 89-second mark, to yellow – over the course of two minutes. Image by Gang Ruan, courtesy of Ohio State University.

FACTS ON WINTER COMMENCEMENT
The Ohio State University
Sunday, March 20, 2011
2 p.m., The Jerome Schottenstein Center

NUMBER OF DEGREES AND CERTIFICATES
Doctoral ------------117
Master’s ------------331
Professional ----------6
Bachelor’s --------1,641
Associate ------------24
Certificates-----------1
Total --------------2,120

PRESIDING OFFICER: President E. Gordon Gee

WELCOMING REMARKS: Javaune Adams-Gaston, vice president for Student Life.

COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER: Donna James, managing director of Lardon & Associates LLC, the advisory services firm she founded in 2006.

HONORARY DEGREE: The honorary Doctor of Science degree was presented to Solomon H. Snyder, MD, a world-renowned neuroscientist and distinguished service professor of neuroscience, pharmacology, and psychiatry at Johns Hopkins University.

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD: The Distinguished Service Award was presented to Ellen J. Tressel, who has worked to fill compelling needs at Ohio State and in the community through service and stewardship.