2009 Commencement Speeches Video

Greg Mortenson, coauthor of the bestseller Three Cups of Tea, and senior class speaker Qiamuddin Amiry of Kabul, Afghanistan, cofounder the Afghan Scholars Initiative, emphasized the role of education in solving global problems when they spoke at Colby College's 188th commencement Sunday, May 24. Five-hundred nine members of Colby's Class of 2009 received diplomas from President William D. Adams as thousands watched on the Miller Library lawn.