May 23, 2022

Lafayette welcomes back 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. More than 250 members of the Class of 2020 returned to campus to participate in the event, which was held on the Quad. In August 2020, they were awarded their degrees during a virtual Commencement ceremony. Below is a selection of images taken on May 22; a full gallery of images is available.

Anticipation & Preparation
Students walk on a brick path, holding cap and gown.
Two graduates smile in cap.
Family members take pictures.
A graduate smiles
Students walk on the Quad, holding their cap and gowns.
Students walk past Skillman Library, holding their cap and gowns.
A student wears a pink graduation cap and matching sunglasses, smiling.
Faculty gather to get ready
Two people embrace in a hug.
Back of the Commencement gown
Students smile
A graduate helps another with their gown.
A pup in a graduation cap.
Graduates laugh with each other
A graduate smiles as they get ready
A graduate embraces another graduate
Students smile in Commencement cap and gown
Commencement Celebration
Faculty members in Commencement regalia.
Graduates walk on to the Quad.
Graduates smiles as they walk on to the Quad
A graduate smiles
A graduate smiles
A professor hugs a student, smiling.
Graduates smile
A student smiles on their phone
Chip Bergh speaks at a podium.
President Nicole Farmer Hurd speaks at a podium.
Bob Sell speaks at a podium.
A crowd of graduates, including one in tears, clapping.
President Nicole Farmer Hurd hugs a graduate on stage.
A crowd of graduates; one student brushes a tear from their face.
A crowd of students, including one in tears.
Joslyn Brodfuehrer ’20 smiles, raising the sword of the Marquis de Lafayette
A graduate stands up in the crowd, screaming in celebration
A crowd of graduates
A graduate smiles in sunglasses.
A graduate smiles while hugging someone.
A graduation cap reads
A graduate in the crowd.
A graduate wearing sunglasses smiles
A graduation cap reads
A faculty member hugs a student
Bob Sell
Confetti falls around graduates.

Watch the ceremony

Class of 2020 celebrates Commencement

Members of the Class of 2020 traveled back to College Hill for a special ceremony on the Quad Sunday, May 22

Watch the ceremony
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