Sentence examples for formal commencement from inspiring English sources

The spring commencement was held on May 28th and 29th and would be the last formal commencement for the duration of the war.

Students at Cornell Univer sity enlisted the university's liberal Roman Catholic chap lain, the Rev. David W. Connor, as speaker, while the formal commencement address will be given tomorrow by the univer sity's president, Dale R. Corson.

A boy might receive instructions from tribal elders in esoteric lore or in preparation for special ritual offices, but the completion of such training was seldom marked by a formal commencement.

The formal commencement activities began with the traditional academic procession, led by the chief marshal, Karen W. Arenson, an education writer for The New York Times and 1995-96 president of the MIT Association of Alumni and Alumnae.

Mr McGleenan claimed it was "remarkable" that the department and the minister would "simply ignore" correspondence prior to the formal commencement of legal proceedings.

In November 2011, at FastTrain's first ever formal graduation ceremony, Congressman Hastings delivered the commencement address, and Amor announced the establishment of the Congressman Alcee Hastings Annual Leadership Scholarship.

In November 2011, at FastTrain's first ever formal graduation ceremony, Congressman Hastings delivered the commencement address, and Amor announced the establishment of the Congressman Alcee Hastings Annual Leadership Scholarship.

Class Day is a less formal prelude to Commencement Exercises.

But an adversary relationship may very well exist prior to the commencement of formal proceedings.

Further understanding of these impairments is needed before commencement of formal education to optimise participation levels at a critical time point for these children.

Mr. Obama later addressed the Booker T. Washington Class of 2011 in more formal fashion, delivering a commencement speech in which he stressed the importance of education in a competitive world.