One of William & Mary's oldest alumni, Thomas Jefferson, stands watch over campus during Commencement weekend.

President Taylor Reveley throws out the first of a host of green and gold beach balls that descended upon the graduates to close out the 2012 Commencement ceremony.

Edmund Amoye M.B.A. '12 listens intently as speeches are given by Chancellor Robert M. Gates '65 and keynote speaker Jim Lehrer at the 2012 Commencement ceremony.

Members of the Class of 2012 celebrate as graduates gather in the Wren Yard to walk across campus.

A member of the Class of 2012 smiles as she joins her fellow classmates in pre-Commencement activities.