Photo gallery Commencement: The weekend in photos
![Photo of Miah Gatzke embracing a friend before the ceremony.](https://news.wisc.edu/content/uploads/2018/05/hug-1024x681.jpg)
Photo by: Bryce Richter
Miah Gatzke, who majored in community and nonprofit leadership, embraces a friend before the ceremony.![Photo of a graduate adjusting her mortarboard before walking through a tunnel to enter Camp Randall for Saturday's ceremony.](https://news.wisc.edu/content/uploads/2018/05/tunnel-1024x681.jpg)
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A graduate adjusts her mortarboard before walking through a tunnel to enter Camp Randall for Saturday's ceremony.![Photo of Photo of commencement speaker David Muir, an Emmy-winning journalist, and Chancellor Rebecca Blank walking among the graduates at Camp Randall Saturday.](https://news.wisc.edu/content/uploads/2018/05/muir-wave-1024x681.jpg)
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Commencement speaker David Muir, an Emmy-winning journalist, and Chancellor Rebecca Blank walk among the graduates at Camp Randall Saturday.![Photo of speaker David Muir flanked by the platform party of university leaders and senior class officers.](https://news.wisc.edu/content/uploads/2018/05/platform-1024x682.jpg)
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Muir emphasized two themes in his speech: our shared humanity and the need to overcome fear.![Photo of rows of seated graduates.](https://news.wisc.edu/content/uploads/2018/05/field-of-grads-1024x682.jpg)
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The outdoor ceremony at Camp Randall unites the graduating class for the first time since their convocation four years ago.![Photo of Arissa Milton, graduating with bachelor's degrees in neurobiology and psychology, who decked her mortarboard in flowers.](https://news.wisc.edu/content/uploads/2018/05/milton-1024x682.jpg)
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Arissa Milton, graduating with bachelor's degrees in neurobiology and psychology, decked her mortarboard in flowers.![Photo of mortarboard that reads,](https://news.wisc.edu/content/uploads/2018/05/young-black-educated-1024x681.jpg)
Other students used their caps to send messages of pride...
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personal beliefs...
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or simply to salute the end of an era.
![Photo of, from left to right, College of Letters and Science graduates Joseph Hushek, Roger Daley, Keegan Hasbrook and Jasdeep Kler posing for a selfie.](https://news.wisc.edu/content/uploads/2018/05/LS-grads-1024x682.jpg)
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From left to right, College of Letters and Science graduates Joseph Hushek, Roger Daley, Keegan Hasbrook and Jasdeep Kler pose for a selfie.![Photo of Charles Fatunbi, graduating with a bachelor's degree in industrial engineering, waving to the crowd.](https://news.wisc.edu/content/uploads/2018/05/fatunbi-1024x682.jpg)
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Charles Fatunbi, graduating with a bachelor's degree in industrial engineering, waves to the crowd.![Photo of graduates Shane Hoffman, left, and Seth Van Krey, flashing the W sign while wearing badger mitts.](https://news.wisc.edu/content/uploads/2018/05/bucky-mitts-1024x681.jpg)
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Sporting the fuzzy mitts of mascot Bucky Badger, graduates Shane Hoffman, left, and Seth Van Krey, flash the W sign.![Photo of Kimberly Vue, a first-generation graduate and daughter of Hmong refugees, waving to her family.](https://news.wisc.edu/content/uploads/2018/05/vue-1024x682.jpg)
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Kimberly Vue, a first-generation graduate and daughter of Hmong refugees, waves to her family.![Photo of Jessica Kreuser, graduating with a bachelor's of science in nutritional sciences, shedding a tear at the ceremony's end.](https://news.wisc.edu/content/uploads/2018/05/tear-1024x682.jpg)
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Jessica Kreuser, graduating with a bachelor's of science in nutritional sciences, sheds a tear at the ceremony's end.![Photo of a student recording herself flipping her tassel to indicate she has graduated.](https://news.wisc.edu/content/uploads/2018/05/tassel-flip-1024x681.jpg)
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A student records herself flipping her tassel to indicate she has graduated.![Photo of ABC News anchor David Muir rehearsing at the podium for his role as the keynote speaker of Saturday's ceremony at Camp Randall.](https://news.wisc.edu/content/uploads/2018/05/muir-rehearse-1024x682.jpg)
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Pictured on the big screen, ABC News anchor David Muir rehearses at the podium for his role as the keynote speaker of Saturday's ceremony at Camp Randall.![Photo of Muir enjoying breakfast with Chancellor Rebecca Blank and her husband, Hanns Kuttner, at Mickies Dairy Bar, a classic Madison diner near Camp Randall.](https://news.wisc.edu/content/uploads/2018/05/muir-intent-look-1024x681.jpg)
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Muir enjoys breakfast with Chancellor Rebecca Blank and her husband, Hanns Kuttner, at Mickies Dairy Bar, a classic Madison diner near Camp Randall.![Photo of Dean of Students Lori Berquam walking towards the stage during UW-Madison's spring commencement ceremony Friday at the Kohl Center.](https://news.wisc.edu/content/uploads/2018/05/berquam-kohl-1024x681.jpg)
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Dean of Students Lori Berquam walks towards the stage during UW-Madison's spring commencement ceremony Friday at the Kohl Center. About 900 graduate and professional students received degrees.![Photo of Khoa Tran, a PhD graduate in molecular and cellular pharmacology, showing off his diploma cover to his family in the stands.](https://news.wisc.edu/content/uploads/2018/05/tran-1024x681.jpg)
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Khoa Tran, a PhD graduate in molecular and cellular pharmacology, shows off his diploma cover to his family in the stands at the Kohl Center Friday.