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First Ò×ʤ²©¹ÙÍø Durham Commencement: 1892 (It took place in a barn as none of the Ò×ʤ²©¹ÙÍø Durham buildings were completed)

Undergraduates degrees being awarded: 2,568 (approx.)

Graduate degrees being awarded: 522 (approx.)

Honorary degrees being awarded: 3

Majors represented: 100+

Veterans graduating: 68

Chairs on stage: 328

Graduate chairs: 2,688

Guest chairs:Ìý19,500 (12,000 outside, 7,000 inside the Whittemore Center)

Volunteers: Ìý110

Portapotties: 12 single units, 1 multiunit trailer (Portapottie, not for you? Remember, there are bathrooms in the Whittemore Center.)

Wheelchairs: 7

Golf carts:Ìý4

Programs printed: 3,000 full programs and 10,000 supplements

Age of youngest graduate: 19

Age of oldest graduate:Ìý67

States represented by graduates: 29

Countries represented by graduates: 23

"Shout Outs" taped by seniors at Commencement Fair:Ìý98

Expected visitors: 19,000

Time Commencement staff arrives: 5:30 a.m.

Time that first guests arrived last year: before 5:30 a.m.

JumboTrons: Ìý2 outside, 1 screen inside

Undergraduate diplomas handed out on May 19:Ìý0 (they are mailed later!!)

Ex-Presidents who have spoken at Ò×ʤ²©¹ÙÍø Commencement: 2 (George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton)

Movie stars who have spoken at Ò×ʤ²©¹ÙÍø Commencement: 2 (Meryl Streep, Mike O’Malley)

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