Convocation

Friday April 20 was convocation. Eric's convocation was at 11am in the Smith Field House. Sandy's graduates had their ceremony at 8am in the same place with a reception afterward. She came looking for us so we were very glad to see her and get hugs. Blair Harris had convocation in the Marriott Center at 11 as well. So Wally went to Blair's ceremony and Judy came to Eric's. Ryan and Garry caught up to us, so we were able to sit with them too. Eric is in there somewhere, we know he was on the right side but didn't see him.

Eric is 7th in line here.

Almost there, his name is being read "Eric Reed Hardester" At this point we started a whoopin and a hollerin - and Claire yelled "Yeaaaaah!" And the woman in front of her, Ryan and Garry, with her baby dressed in a mini graduation gown in her arms "asleep" turned around and gave them all a stern "Thanks A lot!" because the baby woke up. :-/

And since we were yelling, we didn't get a great picture of him getting his diploma but that is him...diploma in hand on his way to shake hands with Peter Huntsman, CEO of Huntsman Corporation, whom was the featured speaker and revealed that he felt a bit out of place since he never graduated. He was the only one on the stand who wasn't wearing a fancy robe.

After the ceremony was over, we headed outside - to a glorious day (it was really nice Thursday as well) - for some pictures. This is Professor Truscott, the man who runs The Splash Lab - the place where Eric has worked this past year and where he continues to work and will do graduate study. More on that later.

Eric explaining his next fantastic engineering idea... just kidding. I don't know what he is saying but I love this picture!

I love these pictures too.

After pictures, we left the group - they headed to Salt Lake to catch up with the Harrises. Greg, Eric and I headed to upper campus for a reception to honor the Engineering graduates. The reception was held in the Clyde Building, which of course is the Engineering building and where Eric has spent most of his time the past two years.

A yummy buffet was provided. It was ham in rolls, with fruit kabobs and mini eclairs and some gooey bar treats. Was delicious. We didn't learn about the reception until the end of the ceremony. Everyone was invited to attend. We thought it very nice they provided the reception.