Program

Cooper Union Stock Photo

Commencement Ceremony

Presiding

Jamshed Bharucha B.A., M.A., Ph.D.
President, The Cooper Union

Processional

Rondeau by Jean Joseph Mouret

Played by the Nils Vigland Ensemble

Presentation of the Class of 2012

Jamshed Bharucha

President

National Anthem

Danielle Verdecchia

Civil Engineering

Alice Yang

Chemical Engineering

Invocation

The Rev. J. Donald Waring, B.A., M. Div.

Rector, Grace Church in New York

Presentation of Student Awards

William Germano, B.A., Ph.D.

Dean, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

Presentation of the Senior Class Gift

Karim W. Ahmed

Archiecture

May Chum

Electrical Engineering

Eduard Levshteyn

Chemical Engineering

Student Address

James Sprang

Art

President’s Greeting

Jamshed Bharucha

Conferring of Honorary Degree

Jamshed Bharucha

President

 

The Honorable Michael R. Bloomberg B.S., M.B.A.

Doctor of Humane Letters

 

Commencement Address

Michael R. Bloomberg

 

Conferring of Degrees

Jamshed Bharucha

President

Presentation of Candidates for Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees in Architecture

Anthony Vidler, B.A. Hons., Dipl.Arch., Ph.D.

Dean, The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture

Presentation of Candidates for the Degree of Bachelor of Fine Arts

Saskia Bos, B.A., M.A.

Dean, School of Art

Presentation of Candidates for Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees in Engineering

Alan N. Wolf, B.S., M.A., Ph.D., J.D.
Acting Dean, the Albert Nerken School of Engineering

Recessional

Voluntary by Henry Purcell

Played by the Nils Vigland Ensemble

 

  • Founded by inventor, industrialist and philanthropist Peter Cooper in 1859, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art offers education in art, architecture and engineering, as well as courses in the humanities and social sciences.

  • “My feelings, my desires, my hopes, embrace humanity throughout the world,” Peter Cooper proclaimed in a speech in 1853. He looked forward to a time when, “knowledge shall cover the earth as waters cover the great deep.”

  • From its beginnings, Cooper Union was a unique institution, dedicated to founder Peter Cooper's proposition that education is the key not only to personal prosperity but to civic virtue and harmony.

  • Peter Cooper wanted his graduates to acquire the technical mastery and entrepreneurial skills, enrich their intellects and spark their creativity, and develop a sense of social justice that would translate into action.