Photo gallery Photo gallery: Saturday Spring Commencement roundup
![A crowd of people walking into the stadium entrances](https://news.wisc.edu/content/uploads/2022/05/Commence_CRS22_1060-1024x681.jpg)
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Now that the hard part is over — forget 4 years of studies; today they had to find parking — graduates, friends and families make their way toward the stadium.![Several people standing in a group, posing for a photographer](https://news.wisc.edu/content/uploads/2022/05/Commence_CRS22_0997-1-1024x681.jpg)
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Josh Riebe poses for a photo with his family on his graduation day. Don't forget to order extra prints — everybody's going to want to frame this one.![Barni smiling while carrying some small imitation pink flamingos](https://news.wisc.edu/content/uploads/2022/05/Commence_CRS22_1049-1024x681.jpg)
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UW senior class Vice President Barni Shiferaw carries iconic flamingos on his way to the stadium. His campaign paid homage to the Pail & Shovel perpetrators of the original pink flamingo stunt.![People sitting on a bleacher holding bottles of water](https://news.wisc.edu/content/uploads/2022/05/Commence_CRS22_1511-1024x681.jpg)
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Hydrate, people! Bottled water was provided inside Camp Randall to help combat the effects of Saturday's hot temperatures.![Yahvi, in cap and gown, standing at podium and speaking into microphone](https://news.wisc.edu/content/uploads/2022/05/Commence_CRS22_0806-1024x682.jpg)
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UW senior class Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Yahvi Mahendra introduces keynote speaker Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield.![A wide shot of a large group of graduates in caps and gowns standing inside the stadium](https://news.wisc.edu/content/uploads/2022/05/Commence_CRS22_7331-1024x682.jpg)
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A crowd estimated at just over 42,000 (including graduates) attended Saturday's ceremony, which was also livestreamed around the world.![Two graduates holding NCAA championship trophies and showing off championship rings](https://news.wisc.edu/content/uploads/2022/05/Commence_CRS22_0691-1024x682.jpg)
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Graduating members of the women’s volleyball and hockey teams celebrate with their trophies.![A person in cap and gown standing in the crowd and looking up toward the audience in the bleachers](https://news.wisc.edu/content/uploads/2022/05/Commence_CRS22_1193-1024x682.jpg)
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More than 7,000 bachelor’s, master’s and law students received their degrees during Saturday's commencement.![A mortarboard that says](https://news.wisc.edu/content/uploads/2022/05/Commence_CRS22_0684-1024x682.jpg)
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What this mortarboard says is true: When you graduate, you don't leave UW; you become an alum.![Reesor holding hands in a](https://news.wisc.edu/content/uploads/2022/05/Commence_CRS22_0488-1024x682.jpg)
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Lori Reesor, vice chancellor for student affairs — and if commencement isn't the ultimate student affair, we don't know what is — shows her UW pride.![Three people in mortarboards as seen from behind](https://news.wisc.edu/content/uploads/2022/05/Commence_CRS22_1228-1024x681.jpg)
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Caps and gowns are (unless you're headed to grad school) most likely a one-day, once-in-a-lifetime fashion statement that will live on in photos.![A graduate and another person embracing and smiling in the crowd](https://news.wisc.edu/content/uploads/2022/05/Commence_CRS22_1352-1024x681.jpg)
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It was the first spring commencement ceremony since 2019 that was in person and open to all family members and friends.![Two graduates in elaborately decorated caps and gowns](https://news.wisc.edu/content/uploads/2022/05/Commence_CRS22_1581-1024x681.jpg)
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Many graduates chose unique modes of personal expression to celebrate their accomplishments.![A smiling graduate seated in the back row and looking into the camera](https://news.wisc.edu/content/uploads/2022/05/Commence_CRS22_1522-1024x681.jpg)
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The stadium ceremony was part of a weekend of commencement festivities that started Friday evening at the Kohl Center.![Several graduates smiling and holding arms up](https://news.wisc.edu/content/uploads/2022/05/Commence_CRS22_1788-1024x681.jpg)
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You think they're excited now? Wait till they open their mailboxes and actually receive their diplomas — after grades have been entered. You did turn in that final paper, didn't you?Tags: commencement