University at Buffalo - The State University of New York

PHOTOS: NANCY J. PARISI

Class of 2005

Jeremy M. Jacobs, chair of the UB Council, congratulates Luiz F. Kahl, chairman of the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority, recipient of the Chancellor Charles P. Norton Medal.

President John B. Simpson confers a degree.

SUNY Trustees Pamela Jacobs Vogt, assisted by trustees Steven Alfasi and Gordon Gross, confers a SUNY honorary degree on Jack Dangermond, founder and president of Environmental Systems Research Institute, a leading corporation in the geographic information systems (GIS) industry.

Sen. Charles Schumer tells graduates to "go for it."

Simpson presents the Division of Student Affairs Senior Leadership Award to Christopher F. Gorri as Dennis Black, vice president for student affairs, looks on.

Satish K. Tripathi, provost and executive vice president for academic affairs, addresses the graduates.

Vocalist Stacey Micoli entertains the audience.

Graduates take in the scene.

Student speaker Krystle Carter addresses her peers.