Graduation Means Getting Everyone's Name Just Right

A week from Saturday, 453 new graduates will cross the commencement stage on the lawn of Macalester College in St. Paul Among them: Nokuthula Sikhethiwe Kitikiti, Udochukwu Chinyere Obodo, and Baitnairamdal Otgonshar. Someone has the job to read out the graduates' names without mangling them. A cadre of deans, professors and even outsourced professional public speakers is gearing up to perform one of academia's quirkier, and tougher, jobs — getting every name right, so nobody leaves campus feeling angry or ungenerous toward his or her alma mater. Read more at:
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