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Commencement Media Coverage


Families, friends, alumni and graduates weren't the only ones following the commencement activities on Sunday. Representatives from print, radio, TV and the blogosphere also covered the speakers, prizes and festivities.


C-SPANThe cable network aired CIA Director David Petraeus' Commencement address

The Patriot-News: CIA Director David Petraeus Urges Dickinson College Graduates to Serve Others and Work Through Frustration 

WHYY Philadelphia's NPR station: Petraeus pushes for public service at Dickinson College commencement 

Snow Theory-A German Studies blog: Colleges and Nobel Prize Winners: Herta Müller at Dickinson College 

Conservative Daily News: CIA Director David Petraeus Addresses Dickinson College’s Class of 2012

VermontToday.comand Rutland Herald: Bill McKibben wins $100,000 eco-activism prize

The Sentinel: Petraeus pushes for public service at Dickinson College commencement and photo gallery.

The Boston Globe and San Francisco Chronicle: Dickinson College Awards $100,000 Prize for Global Environmental Activism

Frankfurter Allgemeine: PEN-Literatur-Festival Schreiben, um das Leben zu ertragen-Wo Politik zum guten Ton gehört und Herta Müllerihre verspätete amerikanische Ehrenrunde beginnt: Das New Yorker PEN-Festival unterstützt literarische Offenheit.

Middlebury MagazineActivist and author Bill McKibben accepted the inaugural Sam Rose ’58 and Julie Walters Prize for Global Environmental Activism at Dickinson College’s commencement on May 20. The $100,000 prize was established to focus attention on the need to reduce human impact on the planet