PHOTO BY SINI FERNANDEZ
FACULTY COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS BY RO B S O RENSEN, PH.D.
G
ood afternoon, Class of 2021. Congratulations
algae bloom. There is a story. A few years ago, several
on your graduation. And thank you for
members of the Class of 2021, led by Christina, asked
extending to me the great privilege of
me if I would dye my beard for their graduation.
speaking to you today. I suppose you’re wondering why my beard is green. It is not, as you may have suspected, some sort of
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MODUS VIVENDI – Summer 2021
Perhaps not thinking clearly at the time, I agreed. Fast forward to this spring. When I agreed to speak at graduation, these students reminded me of my earlier promise. And, as a man of my word, I have
