Liz graduates from RPI

Stadium scoreboard view of Liz receiving her diploma.    (Photo by Hugh.)

Liz graduated on Saturday from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute with her bachelor's degree in civil engineering.

The school conferred degrees on 1,700 students at its 205th Commencement at the East Campus stadium.

Below, Liz poses with her parents, Doug and Lisa, and grandparents, Hugh and Dolores.

Dolores writes: "After an hour of processions, and honorary degrees, and doctoral degrees, and then the keynote address (by U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Regina Benjamin), the masters' and bachelors' degree presentations finally started. By this time the sun was shining nicely, and even though there were some clouds, it began to be warm! ... We were very glad to be in the early part of the alphabet, because after Liz walked across the stage, we ducked out for the shade under the stadium. Liz found us somehow, and were bused over to the huge picnic on the grounds of the college, under a lot of humongous tents. It was lovely and cool, and we all enjoyed seeing The Diploma! Probably no one was left in the stadium except for the parents of the X-Y-Zs, and the faculty!"