WGU Commencement Ceremony, Summer 2012

Order of Events: Processional; National Anthem delivered by Robert Chapman; Welcome and Opening Remarks by Dr. Robert W. Mendenhall, President, WGU; Remarks by the Honorable Roy Romer, Former Governor of Colorado and WGU Founding Governor; Conferral of Honorary Degrees by the Honorable James E. Geringer, Former Governor of Wyoming and WGU Founding Governor, Chairman of WGU Board of Trustees (BOT); Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters Recipients, Max A. Farbman, Dr. Douglas "Chip" Johnstone, Dr. Janet W. Schnitz, and William "Bill" Simmons; Commencement Address by the Honorable Michael O. Leavitt, Former Governor of Utah and WGU Founding Governor, Former Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Former Secretary, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; Graduate Speakers, Jonathan Allen, Elaine Pacoy, Sapan Desai, M.D., Ph.D., and Valerie Velez-Hall; Conferral of Degrees by Dr. Phillip A. Schmidt, Associate Provost for Compliance and Accreditation; Closing Remarks by Dr. Robert W. Mendenhall, President of WGU; Recessional. Commencement was held on July 14, 2012 at the Jon M. Huntsman Center in Salt Lake City, Utah.