Commencement 2007
at Madison Square Garden

The 3,728 graduates of Baruch's class of 2007 included Baruchians born in Afghanistan, Zimbabwe, and all destinations alphabetically in between. Students born in Colombia, Sri Lanka, Uzbekistan, and China sat alongside natives of Brooklyn and the Bronx, listening to speakers who urged them to follow their own star, embark on their post-college lives with courage and idealism, and cherish memories of their alma mater.

 

Graduates cheer as they enter Madison Square Garden

Morning Commencement speaker Rossana Rosado, publisher of El Diario/La Prensa, New York's largest Spanish-language daily newspaper, advised graduates to “ignore nay-sayers, even when they are within your own family.”

Matthew Goldstein, chancellor of The City University of New York (center) introducing afternoon Commencement speaker William Macaulay ('66)

Chairman and CEO of First Capital William Macaulay ('66) commended Baruch's class of 2007 for “work(ing) harder than other graduates to get where you are.”

The Class of 2007 cheered as blue and white confetti filled Madison Square Garden

Graduates shake hands in front of Madison Square Garden

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