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Doug Girod and Mabel Rice
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First row, left to right: Harvey Perlman, Sally Frost Mason, Bernadette Gray-Little, Jeff Vitter, Danny Anderson, Mabel Rice Second row: Ruth Dyer, Kurt Preston Third row: Chris Sorensen, Joe Heppert, John Colombo, Prem Paul, Doug Girod Fourth row: Sarah Nusser, Michelle Kennett, Karen Burg, Brian Foster, Shannon Bartelt-Hunt, Rick Barohn Fifth row: Chitra Rajan, Mary Lee Hummert, Hank Foley, Jonathan Brumberg, Mark McIntosh, John Leslie, Robert Simari, Emily Smith, Baskar Ganapathysubramanian Sixth row: Ev
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First row, left to right: Harvey Perlman, Sally Frost Mason, Bernadette Gray-Little, Jeff Vitter, Danny Anderson, Mabel Rice Second row: Ruth Dyer, Kurt Preston Third row: Chris Sorensen, Joe Heppert, John Colombo, Prem Paul, Doug Girod Fourth row: Sarah Nusser, Michelle Kennett, Karen Burg, Brian Foster, Shannon Bartelt-Hunt, Rick Barohn Fifth row: Chitra Rajan, Mary Lee Hummert, Hank Foley, Jonathan Brumberg, Mark McIntosh, John Leslie, Robert Simari, Emily Smith, Baskar Ganapathysubramanian Sixth row: Ev

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Shannon Bartelt-Hunt
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Ruth Dyer and Hank Foley
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Richard Barohn and Jonathan Brumberg
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Emily Smith
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Shannon Bartelt-Hunt
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Mark McIntosh and John Leslie
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Karen Burg and Jeff Vitter
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Joy Ward
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Jonathan Brumberg
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Henry Foley
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Harvey Perlman
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Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little
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Emily Foster, John Colombo and Ruth Dyer
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Chris Sorensen
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Chitra Rajan and Kurt Preston
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Sally Frost-Mason
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Robert Simari
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Mabel Rice
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Provost Jeff Vitter (left) and Harvey Perlman (right)
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