May 30, 2021

Commencement 2021 Highlights

Sharing scenes from Lafayette College's 186th Commencement ceremony Sunday, May 30

There were smiles, cheers, and tears as the Lafayette community joined together to celebrate the Class of 2021

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Commencement Speakers

Yolanda Wisher '98

Philadelphia-based poet, singer, educator, and curator delivered Commencement keynote, received honorary degree

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Basit Balogun ’21

George Wharton Pepper Prize winner Basit Balogun ’21 addressed his fellow graduates and carried the tradition of raising Marquis de Lafayette's sword

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186th Commencement

Sunday, May 29, 10:30 a.m., Fisher Stadium

Full recording of the ceremony is available to view

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President Alison Byerly, Doctor of Humane Letters; community leader Dick McAteer, Doctor of Public Service; and poet Yolanda Wisher ’98, Doctor of Letters

2021 Celebrations

Lafayette honors the talented, resilient Class of 2021

Special events and features celebrate this year's seniors

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Categorized in: Class of 2021, Commencement 2021, Featured News, Students

3 Comments

Jash K. Patel says:

July 7, 2021 at 2:33 pm

Congratulations #Lafayette186 #Leopardsof2021 #beatlehigh.
Lynn Ball says:

June 8, 2021 at 11:48 am

Terribly fragmented recap of 2021 graduation ‘s. Why should one have to go to so many pages to find the total accomplishments of each of the students you’ve chosen to feature? For example, isn’t winning the Pepper award more significant than Basit going on to Goldman? Another, Victoria Puglia-Pujol isn’t just going on to Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar, she’s going on as the FIRST WOMAN in Lafayette ‘s HISTORY to be awarded a Rhodes Scholarship! And, where and why have you not listed the Summa and Magna cum Laude graduates? Valedictorian?Salutetorian? And, where are all the other accomplishments for which these students have worked so hard? Too bad you don’t get a redo. Hopefully, my comment will assure them they have not been forgotten, even though they their Lafayette moment is over.
1. Katrin Neitz says:
  
  June 8, 2021 at 2:58 pm
  
  Thank you for taking the time to provide feedback. If it’s helpful to know, we did share Basit’s Pepper Prize accomplishment (see story here: https://news.lafayette.edu/2021/05/24/when-you-give-you-receive-in-multitudes/), and we did call attention to Victoria’s amazing achievement (see story here: https://news.lafayette.edu/2021/05/25/rockstars-of-the-class-of-2021/, and here: https://news.lafayette.edu/2021/01/13/passport-to-success/). As for coverage of the valedictorians, please stay tuned for that! This year, final grades for seniors were submitted after commencement, and so that information was not available to be included in our Commencement day coverage. We agree that’s important information to share, and so we will be writing about those accomplished seniors and will publish that story soon.

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