The commencement ceremony is a time when the campus community comes together to honor all graduates and their families. This year, Francis Bronet, dean of the University of Oregon School of Architecture and Allied Arts, addressed summer graduates, their families and friends during the university’s 2006 summer commencement on Saturday, Aug. 19. Bronet was named dean in August of 2005. She came to the university from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Albany, N.Y., where she was a professor and former associate dean of architecture. More than 1,000 degree candidates were eligible to participate in the ceremonies, which were held outdoors at the Memorial Quadrangle on the west edge of the University of Oregon campus.