Brandeis Alumni, Family and Friends
Photos: The Undergraduate Class of 2023 Savors the Moment
May 22, 2023
With excitement and anticipation in the air, the Class of 2023 participated in their long awaited Commencement ceremony among friends, family, and mentors.
Xavier Butler ’23 looks on as classmates make their way to the stage.
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Students walk side by side as they enter the Commencement ceremony.
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Nathalie Vieux-Gresham ’23 shares gratitude for her peers during her undergraduate class speaker address.
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Drew Weissman ’81, MA’81, P’15, H’23, addresses the Class of 2023. He received an honorary Doctor of Science degree.
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President Ron Liebowitz delivers remarks and congratulates the Class of 2023.
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Donald “Don” M. Soffer ’54 receives an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree.
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Annette Gordon-Reed receives an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree.
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Students listen and reflect during the Commencement speeches.
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President Liebowitz bestows an honorary Doctor of Science degree upon Katalin Karikó.
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Quinn Lucian Bonnyman ’23 sings the National Anthem.
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Bianca Kisin ’23 finds friends in the sea of graduates.
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Students revel in the Commencement excitement shared among peers.
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Undergraduates fill the Gosman Center as far as the eye can see.
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Lewis H. Brooks ’80, P’16, President of the Alumni Association, shares words of advice with the Class of 2023.
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In a new addition to Commencement proceedings, students walked the stage to be greeted by Dean of Arts and Sciences Dorothy Hodgson and President Liebowitz.
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Monica Isabel Aponte Rodríguez ’23 smiles at the crowd as she walks the stage.
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Terrell Brown ’23 dances as his family places fabric on the ground for him to walk upon, as part of a ceremony rooted in their Liberian culture celebrating accomplishments of loved ones.
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Vishni Samaraweera ’23, Ariel Sapozhnikov ’23, and Krupa Sourirajan ’23 pose for a photo as they wait for the ceremony to begin in the tunnel beneath Gosman Sports and Convocation Center.
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Elizabeth Salas-Ceceñas’23 gets ready to walk into the ceremony.
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Students toss mortar boards in celebration.
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