Saturday, June 16 -- Graduation!!

..and finally, the big day had come! The day started off with a reception at Jacobs, followed by a 4-hour ceremony in Ryan arena, and closed with a reception back at Jacobs.

Upon entry to the reception, they had set up a nice ice sculpture, which was worth this picture


..and one with my mother


Fangning and I outside Jacobs before boarding the buses to head to the ceremony.


The ceremony was ~6,000 people packed into a the NW basketball arena for four hours without air conditioning on a incredibly hot day in the midwest -- it was quite a challenge! ..and the loudest cheers of all came when the last 'Z' name was called.

Bill Perex ex-CEO of SC Johnson and Nike spoke for ~30 minutes, but interestingly did not mention Nike at all.

..and finally, it was time to cool off and enjoy ourselves. My mother caught this photo as I was exiting.

The tassles are now hanging to the left, indicating that we are official 2007 Kellogg graduates. Stathis and I were all smiles

I caught this quality photo with my father.

This one will be in the family for awhile, as I have my Mom and Dad to thank for their support througout.

That night, I caught up with some first year soccer players to enjoy a few final drinks

The next morning, I was out off to Nike to start the next venture in my life.