Oh, yes, many congrats to Sandra the Student. Why, I remember when she was writing paper after paper. Now she has reached the end o' the line.
Not to be contrary, but I attended neither my undergrad nor graduate commencement exercises, and I have never regretted it. My schools were large though, and you just stood up when they said, 'College of Liberal Arts' or whatever. They never called out individual names. It wasn't personal enough for me to get excited about.