Description: The first image is from the invitation the College of the Atlantic's thirteenth commencement celebration, June 1, 1985. It has an illustration depicting Aguilegia canadensis, or wild columbine. The second image is from the program leaflet for the commencement. It has an abstract illustration in black and white.
Description: These are materials for the fourteenth commencement ceremony at the College of the Atlantic, May 31, 1986. The first image is from the commencement program. It has a black and white illustration depicting birds, by Trisha Braden. The second image is from the invitation to the commencement. It has a black and white image depicting the patterns left from waves in the sand.
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]
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]
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]