Commencement 2012: Your Tweets, Pics and Posts

May 14, 2012 stands out as an historic day at Barnard College: President Barack Obama delivered the keynote address at the Class of 2012's Commencement ceremony. Throughout the day, the graduates, their families and friends and alumnae around the world shared their enthusiasm via social media.

  1. Congratulatory messages poured in from parents, siblings, grandparents, friends and alumnae.  Scroll for pictures!

  2. Congratulations to the strong, beautiful Barnard women graduating today! So proud of all of you! Love from Kyiv! #Barnard2012 #AlumnaeLove
  3. graduation congrats to qui chambers and anna harrington. love you gals! #barnard2012
  4. Congratulations to the lovely lucha ladies for graduating today!! #barnard2012
  5. #barnard2012 looks as if our view of @obama will be via video feed. Still, psyched to be sharing day w/ @SarahDarro http://pic.twitter.com/UUVFsIe2
  6. I know Obama's gonna speak here, but today is about Prianka and her accomplishment #Barnard2012
  7. Congratulations to my niece Nora Feinstein for graduating Barnard College today! I am so proud of you. Great seeing you yesterday! Love you <3
  8. My amazingly beautiful and smart girlfriend Aviva is graduating from Barnard today!!! So proud and happy for her! Congratulations!! Yay! Obama is the commencement speaker! Whoa.
  9. Today my fabulously smart, witty and fun niece graduates from Barnard. It will be live webcast with the President of the United States giving the commencement speech. 12:30PM EST barnard.edu/commencement/we... Julie Coppage will be the third person to receive her diploma. YAY!!
  10. President Obama speaking at #Barnard2012 graduation - I'm a proud Barnard '88 woman today! livestream at whitehouse.gov and CSPAN
  11. It's starting to drizzle, but the tent is great. Families are hanging out and people are reconnecting with old friends. #barnard2012
  12. To all my classy, sassy, bold, and beautiful WOMEN: congrats! There are not enough words to describe how awesome you all are. #Barnard2012
  13. So proud of you Katie! You're the best big sister anyone could ever ask for. I love you so much ❤ #Barnard2012 http://pic.twitter.com/Oe6v7qkq
  14. <3 Congratulations to all of the Fabulous Barnard Women who will be graduating today! I'm happy to have had the pleasure to become friends with you all in such a short time...you are all spectacular in your own special way!! <3

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