Capped and Gowned and facing the future

arah Lawrence awarded 285 bachelor's degrees and 122 master's degrees at Commencement on May 20, an overcast day whose clouds mercifully held their rain. Speaker Susan Meiselas '70, an internationally known photojournalist for nearly 30 years, recalled the spontaneous inspiration that made her sneak into a rural burlesque show, disguised as a boy, to photograph dancers no older than she; until that moment, neither education nor inclination had impelled her toward photojournalism. "Sometimes you have to not know where you're going, following some combination of instinct and clues that you perceive, even if you are the only one..."