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Doctoral Hooding Ceremony Fall 2025

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At Friday’s Doctoral Hooding Ceremony, over 150 doctoral graduates ascended to the stage to receive their hood and be called “doctor” before a crowd of friends and family. The Graduate School congratulates these scholars once again, and we are immensely grateful that they chose to share this moment with us. We wish you well on the next stage of your journey! Go Vols!

A group of faculty and doctoral candidates in regalia standing before the ceremony begins.
Chancellor Plowman, Provost Zomchick, Vice Provost and Dean of the Graduate School Van Puymbroeck, and Assistant Dean of the Graduate School, Vidal Pizarro processing into the arena.
Members of the stage party with hands on hearts as the featured vocalist sings the national anthem.
Vice Provost and Dean of the Graduate School Van Puymbroeck speaking at the podium.
Featured speaker Elsie Denton addressing the faculty and students.
Vice Provost and Dean of the Graduate School Van Puymbroeck hugging a newly hooded doctor.
Chancellor Plowman shaking hands with a newly hooded doctor.
Hooded doctor embracing their hooder, while a college dean applauds.
Vice Provost and Dean of the Graduate School Van Puymbroeck shaking hands with a newly hooded doctor.
Doctoral graduate being hooded by a member of the faculty.
Doctoral graduate being hooded by a member of the faculty.
Doctoral graduate being hooded by a member of the faculty.
Hooded doctoral graduate and hooder preparing to walk off stage
Chancellor Plowman at the podium conferring the degrees.
A group of faculty and new doctors in regalia after the ceremony.
Hooders and new doctors embracing among a group of faculty and new doctors after the ceremony.