2012 Graduate Celebration

<auditorium full of guests- applause>

T.R. Rowe:  My name is T.R. Rowe. Thrills, chills, and shades of excitement. I'm a graduate of Walden University! Yay!

Dr. Jonas Gould:  My name is Dr. Jonas Gould, and I am a graduate of Walden University. Whoo-hoo!

<Jessica walking across the stage- blowing kisses>

Jessica Kazakas:  My name is Jessica Kazakas, and I am receiving my master’s in Nonprofit Leadership and Management. Woo hoo!

<Dr. Mitchell on stage>

Carolyn Mitchell:  My name is Dr. Carolyn Mitchell. I have a doctor’s in Teaching Leadership. I encourage anyone who’s interested in pursuing higher education, select Walden University.

<grads smiling and waving>

<sign: "Congratulations Graduates">

Eric Brown:  Walden has a very high reputation, and so I’m very proud of graduating from this school. My name is Eric Brown, and I just graduated from Walden University with my master’ in Public Health. All right!

<group of family members; guests>

Group:  Go Walden!

Woman 1:  Walden had a program that not many other colleges had to offer, “Integrating Technology in the Classroom,” which I felt was really important with the way that technology is changing its way in the education field.

<man shaking the Dean's hand>

Man 1:  Walden University makes me feel as a complete individual, an agent of change, and social scholar.

<split-screen; interview and graduate on stage>

Man 2:  I chose Walden University because it was flexible, and also, it gave me an opportunity to do something that was nontraditional, something that I wanted to do.

Man 3:  Walden seemed to have the best program that fit what I was looking for. It wasn’t all practical, it wasn’t all theory. It was kind of that mixture of both.

<married couple who graduated simultaneously>

Amy Jaggers:  Amy Jaggers.

Scott Jaggers:  Scott Jaggers.

Amy Jaggers:  And we just graduated as a married couple from Walden University!

Amy and Scott:  Whoo! Yeah!

<Amy and Scott on stage>

Woman 2:  I chose Walden because I’ll be able to use what I’ve learned to be a scholar-practitioner, to go out into the world and act for positive social change.

<Paula Singer congratulating graduates>

Paula R. Singer:  Congratulations to our Walden graduates, their families and friends, you are an inspiration to all of us.

Group 2:  Yay, Walden!