Commencement was today, the 14th of those that I’ve been to as a faculty member. As usual, the procession was led in and out by the Schenectady Pipe Band; I realized that after many years of this, I’m coming to associate “Scotland the Brave” with graduation…<\/p>\n
This was a really unpleasant year for me in a lot of respects; happily, our students had nothing to do with that. They’ve been consistently terrific, and this was a good class. Not having them around the department will be pretty weird, at least for a while.<\/p>\n
So, congratulations to Salina, Alex, Stephen, Will, Caleb, and Eason, the Physics and Astronomy class of 2015. It’s been great having you around, and we wish you all the best in your future careers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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