Students in regalia meet at the Memorial Belltower to celebrate graduation.

Archives

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Commencement Programs

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Commencement Speakers

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Student Speakers

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Honorary Degrees

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University Libraries Commencement Archives

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Travel back in time

President Alexander Q. Holladay and the first graduating class sit for a portrait, 1893.