Video highlights from Commencement 2019
Campus + Community

All the Feels

Gratitude, pride and joy were among the palpable emotions at Commencement 2019
Jessie Ward O'Sullivan

Relive the glory of graduation season for 2019 through the words — and not a few tears — of students and their families.

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