Senior Convocation Kicks Off Commencement Weekend - Georgetown College

Commencement weekend for the Class of 2009 kicked off May 14 with Senior Convocation, a ceremony that bookends students' Hilltop experience.

Graduating students filed into McDonough Arena, just as they did four years ago for New Student Convocation at the start of their Georgetown educations. But this time, they were there to begin their farewells to the university.

“This encapsulates the idea that we've come full circle at Georgetown,” said English major Raymond Tolentino (C'09). “It creates a connection from when I first started at Georgetown to my life after Georgetown.”

Graduates and their families heard from several speakers at convocation, including Army Capt. Daniel Feehan (SFS'05). An Army Ranger who served two tours of duty in Iraq and is now putting graduate school on hold while he joins Teach for America, Feehan embodies the “call to care for the collective development of the human family,” said Georgetown President John J. DeGioia.