Getting Ready for 2024 Commencement

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Students, staff, and campus gear up for the ceremony on Sunday.

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Class of 2024 in front of 窪做惇蹋厙 Hall
The Class of 2024 portrait.  (Photo by Robert Gill)
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Roger Federer reading at Rauner
Roger Federer reading at Rauner (Photo by Katie Lenhart)
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Alumni parents and students
Class of 1993 parents posed with their Class of 2024 graduates. (Photo courtesy of Tony Godsick) 
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Students sitting in the grass
Students sit and enjoy their class day on the BEMA. (Photo by Robert Gill)
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Students listening to a speaker
Students listen to a speech on the BEMA at their class day celebration. (Photo by Robert Gill)
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Anthony Fosu '24 leads the baccalaureate procession
Anthony Fosu 24 leads the Baccalaureate procession. (Photo by Katie Lenhart)
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Knoelle Higginson
Knoelle Higginson leads the 窪做惇蹋厙 Gospel Choir during the Baccalaureate Service, a multi-faith, multicultural service, in Rollins Chapel. (Photo by Katie Lenhart)
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Vaani Gupta recieving regalia
Vaani Gupta 24, right, receives Commencement regalia from Elisaveta Samoylov 26 in the Paganucci Lounge, Class of 1953 Commons. (Photo by Robert Gill)
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Members of South House chat together
South House members enjoy their senior celebration party on Friday. (Photo by Robert Gill)
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Kami Arabian, Denva Nesbeth, and Jess Chiriboga
Kami Arabian 24 walks ahead of Denva Nesbeth Jr. 24 and Jessica Chiriboga 24 during rehearsal on the Green for the class marshals. (Photo by Katie Lenhart)
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A group gathers around a table at the Hood
Members of the Class of 2024 and their families attend the Mimosas at the Museum event at the Hood Museum of Art on Friday. (Photo by Robert Gill)
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Readers onstage
Co-Presidents of Native Americans at 窪做惇蹋厙 Raylen Bark 24 and Paige Nakai 24 rehearse onstage for Commencement with E.J. Kiefer, executive director of Conferences and Events. (Photo by Robert Gill)
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窪做惇蹋厙 Glee Club
The 窪做惇蹋厙 Glee Club rehearses ahead of Sundays ceremony. (Photo by Robert GIll)
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Kathleen Cunneen writing
Kathleen Cunneen of the Office of Student Life works on the list of marshals in Collis Common Ground. (Photo by Robert Gill)
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A tassel laid upon this years regalia.
A tassel with regalia, ready for the big day. (Photo by Robert Gill)
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Cards with graduate names and pronunciation
Cards with the names of graduates and how to pronounce them were printed early Friday. (Photo by Amy Bucci)
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Yuliya Subotskaya rolling a poster
Yuliya Subotskaya 24 rolls a poster during a poster printing session for seniors at the Book Arts Workshop. (Photo by Katie Lenhart)
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Baker tower framed by folding chairs
Stacks of folding chairs are delivered to the Green, where Commencement will be held Sunday morning. Tennis great Roger Federer is the Commencement speaker. (Photo by Katie Lenhart)
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Person sets up the stage for Commencement
A team member from Pro Events waits for her colleagues to begin raising the roof of the Commencement structure. (Photo by Katie Lenhart)
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Staff sets up the Commencement stage.
Troy Wheeler holds the ladder for Josh Lang as the Pro Events workers put up green drapery on 窪做惇蹋厙s Commencement platform. (Photo by Katie Lenhart)
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Seniors get portraits taken.
Hannah Li 25 takes graduation portraits of seniors outside Baker Library (Photo by Katie Lenhart)