With traditional words of advice and congratulations – along with untraditional festooned mortarboards and wacky costumes – the Stanford community gathered to celebrate the Class of 2018 at Stanford’s 127th Commencement weekend June 15-17, 2018. Highlights included Saturday’s Baccalaureate Ceremony and Sunday’s Commencement Ceremony, where actor and alum Sterling K. Brown gave the address. University photographers Linda A. Cicero and Holly Hernandez captured some of the festivities.
Meredith Shell relays an inspirational quote from her favorite movie “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” on her mortarboard.
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Students get a chance to sit quietly in Memorial Church as they wait to process to Baccalaureate.
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Senior class president Ibrahim I. Bharmal leads the invocation, A Prayer from the Ojibway Nation.
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Senior class presidents Madilyn Hope Ontiveros and Jack Robert Seaton read To Be of Use by Marge Piercy.
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Graduating students listen to the baccalaureate address by Elizabeth Alexander.
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Senior class president Rachel Elizabeth Morrow reads Proverbs 4: 7-9.
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After giving the student reflection Eni Asebiomo is congratulated by fellow senior class president Ibrahim Bharmal.
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The a cappella ensemble Talisman sings Wanting Memories at the Baccalaureate.
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Writer and President of the Mellon Foundation Elizabeth Alexander gives the Baccalaureate address.
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Families and friends of graduates stand to catch a glimpse or photograph their student at Baccalaureate.
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Stanford Taiko plays Tatsumaki, a drumming blessing.
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Elizabeth Alexander and Marc Tessier-Lavigne recess after the Baccalaureate.
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Students reunite with their families after the Baccalaureate ceremony.
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Talisman sings with former members during their annual reunion after Baccalaureate.
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Flag bearers from the Stanford Axe Committee open the Commencement Ceremony.
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Human biology major Maria Marta Rey attends commencement after a recent appendectomy.
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A group of students dressed as pizza slices form an entire pie during Wacky Walk.
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Spectators crowd the railing at the stadium to secure a photo of the ceremony.
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The incoming and outgoing Stanford Tree mascots participate in the Wacky Walk.
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A group of graduates remember to say thanks to their parents.
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Three seniors used Loteria cards as their theme in the Wacky Walk.
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Stanford Faculty attends the Commencement ceremony in the regalia of the schools they attended.
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Elen Mendoza, Karina Luna and Gianna Nino celebrate Mexico during Wacky Walk.
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Graduates celebrated their Dads by dressing the part.
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President Marc Tessier-Lavigne, keynote speaker Sterling K. Brown and Provost Persis Drell receive applause as they process to the stage.
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President Marc Tessier-Lavigne greets the graduates.
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Graduates turn to face the stands and thanks the people who supported their education.
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During his introduction actor Sterling K. Brown acknowledges his role in the Black Panther.
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Actor and alumnus Sterling K. Brown, ’98, delivers the keynote address at commencement.
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Undergraduates stand and celebrate the conferral of their degrees.
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Students receiving graduate degrees from the School of Engineering stand and celebrate.
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Excited and relieved, keynote speaker Sterling K. Brown recesses from the stadium with Provost Persis Drell, left, and President Marc Tessier-Lavigne, right.
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The Stanford Tree mascot dances with the Band at the exuberant finale to the commencement ceremony.
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The Leland Stanford, Jr. Marching Band energizes the crowd after the commencement ceremony.
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