Coverage of Commencement 2012 appeared around the United States and in the UK. The Associated Press story (here in the Washington Post) appeared on more than 200 media websites, and other coverage included:

• UPI “Top News”
• The Daily Mail (UK)
• The Telegraph (UK)
• Indian Country Today
• Morning Sentinel and Kennebec Journal (Maine)
• Bangor Daily News, story and video (Maine)
• WABI TV, video (Maine)
• WGME TV, video (Maine)
• Boston Herald (Mass.)
• Boston Herald, letter (Martin Kafka P’12)
• Maine Public Radio (Why Colleges Give Honorary Degrees)