May 22, 2022

Commencement 2022 highlights

Sharing scenes from Lafayette College's 187th Commencement ceremony Saturday, May 21

187TH COMMENCEMENT

Celebrating the Class of 2022

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Full recording of the ceremony is available to view

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Celebrating the Class of 2020

Members of the Class of 2020 returned to College Hill—many for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic shut down the world in March 2020—to celebrate the rite of Commencement

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Commencement Speakers

Chip Bergh '79

President and CEO of Levi Strauss & Co. delivered Commencement keynote and received honorary degree at May 21 ceremony

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Alex Ashley '22

George Wharton Pepper Prize winner Alex Ashley '22 addressed his fellow graduates and carried the tradition of raising the Marquis de Lafayette's sword

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