Identifier	Type	Subject	Title	Web Resource
2218	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Other	1987 College of the Atlantic Commencement Materials		1987 College of the Atlantic Commencement Materials Identifier: 2218    Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Other Creator: College of the Atlantic Date: 1987-05-30 Collection: Commencement Collection Description: These are materials from the fifteenth commencement ceremony at the College of the Atlantic, held on May 30, 1987. The first image is from the commencement program and has a black and white stylized illustration depicting plants. The second image is from the commencement invitation, and has a teal and white abstract design. The third image is a graduation pledge of environmental and social responsibility, originally from Humboldt State University in Arcata, California. The text of the pledge reads: "I, [name], pledge to thoroughly investigate and take into account the social and environmental consequences of any job opportunity I consider." The accompanying text describing the pledge says: "This Pledge is one of a burgeoning number of similar oaths and pledges being created by scientists, mathematicians, physicians, and others to foster greater awareness of the impact of work and study choices on global problems. Such public declarations of personal intent can reach far beyond the individual in their impact. Said one HSU Pledge signer, "When I get my first teaching job ... I'll have it on the wall of my classroom." The Graduation Pledge Alliance is promoting the Pledge to other universities." [show more]
2237	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Other	1988 College of the Atlantic Commencement Materials		1988 College of the Atlantic Commencement Materials Identifier: 2237    Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Other Creator: College of the Atlantic Date: 1988-05-28 Collection: Commencement Collection Description: These are materials from the College of the Atlantic's sixteenth commencement ceremony, held on May 28, 1988, in Bar Harbor. The first image is from the commencement invitation. It has a blue and white illustration depicting abstract human figures in a circle, locking arms. The second image is from the commencement program brochure. It has a stylized black and white illustration depicting a crane in mid-flight. According to a May 20, 1988 COA News release, the 1988 commencement ceremony included a large mobile constructed of one thousand origami cranes, made by members of the graduating class and community. The cranes symbolized world peace and were inspired by the memory of Sadako Sasaki, a survivor of the Hiroshima bomb whose project to make one thousand paper cranes became an international symbol of a wish for peace. [show more]
2238	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Other	1989 College of the Atlantic Commencement Materials		1989 College of the Atlantic Commencement Materials Identifier: 2238    Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Other Creator: College of the Atlantic Date: 1989-06-03 Collection: Commencement Collection Description: These are materials from the seventeenth commencement celebration at the College of the Atlantic, held on June 3, 1989. The first image is from the commencement invitation card. It has a detailed black and white line illustration by Katrina Hodgins. The second image is from the commencement program. It has a black and white photograph of a group of five young children, printed on a gray background. The photograph was taken by Jared Crawford. [show more]

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