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Fall 2024 Graduate Hooding Ceremony

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The Fall 2024 Graduate Hooding Ceremony took place on May 18, 2024. The Graduate School would like to thank the family, friends and faculty who attended the ceremony to show their support for the graduates. A special thank you goes to the featured speaker, Jessica Barfield, who shared her journey to graduation. And a very special congratulations to all of the fall 2024 graduates. Good luck on the next steps in your future!

Master's students in the hallway of the arena, preparing for the processional.
Doctoral students in the Ray Mears Room of the arena, meeting with their hooders and preparing for the processional.
Doctoral students and hooders on the arena floor facing the stage as the ceremony begins.
Jessica Barfield, featured speaker, gives her remarks from the stage.
A master's graduate with a grass diorama decorating their mortarboard shakes the hand of the Dean of the Herbert College of Agriculture, David White.
Master's student shakes the hand of the dean of the College of Education, Health and Human Sciences, Ellen McIntyre.
Master's graduate being greeted on the stage by a faculty representative.
Doctoral graduate from the College of Education, Health and Human Sciences being hooded by two faculty members.
Doctoral graduate being hooded, while forming the shape of a heart with her hands.
Doctoral graduate from the College of Nursing being hooded by his advisor.
Featured soloist leads the audience in the Alma Mater.
Graduates on the arena floor singing the Alma Mater, as the ceremony ends.