Spring Commencement

Roseann Runte presided over the May commencement as one of her final acts as president of Old Dominion University. She is pictured here in the robing room with “Hardball's” Chris Matthews, guest speaker for the afternoon program. Runte, who became ODU's seventh president in 2001, stepped down June 30 to become the president of Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada.