Sentence examples for official commencement from inspiring English sources

It marked the official commencement of her final attempt to crack what she called the "the hardest, highest glass ceiling" after being defeated by Barack Obama in their bitterly fought contest for the Democratic nomination in 2008.

Come 2020 and the official commencement of his role, he will conduct five productions per season as well as take on artistic responsibility for the company's orchestra, chorus and music staff.

The occasion was the official commencement of Broadway Goes Green, a partnership between the city and Broadway that is meant to shrink the Shrek-size carbon footprint of the Great White Way.

The Olympic opening ceremonies represent the official commencement of an Olympic Games.

Twenty-eight Scripps professors joined their protest, pledging not to participate in the official commencement procession.

Organizers of last year's black commencement said it was open to all graduating students, as was Harvard's official commencement, which was held two days later.

Hofstra officials said commencement ceremonies on Sunday would go ahead.

University officials said commencement ceremonies would go on as scheduled this weekend.

Written informed consent was obtained from each individual by the head of each participating administrative village and Chinese Ministry of Health officials before commencement of the study.

Susan Germain, a university official who helped organize commencement, sent this e-mail to at least one of the marshals, obtained by The Huffington Post: "We are very excited by our speaker this year and hope you will all remain positive".

But while Moss' mom expected to see him at U-M's spring commencement, school officials did not.