2013-14 Commencement Speeches
Congratulations 2013-14 graduates!
The 2013-14 Stevenson College Commencement Ceremony was held on Sunday, June 15, 2014, at 1:00 p.m. on the East Field.
The speeches were excellent, and our speakers kindly agreed to make them available to you.
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Keynote Speech: Dana Frank
Dana Frank, a distinguished alumna of Stevenson College, has taught at UCSC since 1991; first in the American Studies Department and, since 2002, in the History Department. She was the Founding Director of the U.C. Santa Cruz Center for Labor Studies.
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Student Speech: Precious Wingo-Waller
Precious Wingo-Waller majored in Creative Writing, with a concentration in Fiction. She’s been a student mentor in the Rosa Parks African American Theme House and a leader in Rainbow Theater, The African American Theater Arts Troupe, Engaging Education, and the Cultural Arts & Diversity Resource Center as an actress, director, outreach coordinator, and chair of the Board of Directors.
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Student Speech: Katrina Bitanga
Katrina Bitanga has been involved in the Stevenson community since her first year, holding various positions at the college as an Outreach Leader, Stevenson Junior Fellow, and a member and lead for the Event Center Work/Tech Crew, while also double-majoring in both Politics and Sociology.________________________________________________________________________________________
Excerpts from Student Speech Auditions
Quotes from Alec Donahue, Alejandro Goena, Samantha Vega, Neiloofar Sajedi, Jenn Gerosa, Zoe Mackay, David Pickard IV, and Hillary Hoffman.
