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With traditional words of advice and congratulations – along with untraditional festooned mortarboards and wacky costumes – the Stanford community gathered to celebrate the Class of 2018 at Stanford’s 127th Commencement weekend June 15-17, 2018. Highlights included Saturday’s Baccalaureate celebration and Sunday’s Commencement ceremony, where actor and alum Sterling K. Brown gave the address. University photographers Linda A. Cicero and Holly Hernandez captured some of the festivities.

Meredith Shell relays an inspirational quote from her favorite movie Chitty Chitty Bang Bang on her mortarboard.
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Students get a chance to sit quietly in Memorial Church as they wait to process to Baccalaureate.
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Poet Elizabeth Alexander, president of the Mellon Foundation, gives the Baccalaureate address.
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Senior class president Ibrahim I. Bharmal leads the invocation, “A Prayer from the Ojibway Nation.”
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Senior class presidents Madilyn Hope Ontiveros and Jack Robert Seaton read “To Be of Use” by Marge Piercy.
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Graduating students listen to the Baccalaureate address by Elizabeth Alexander.
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Senior class president Rachel Elizabeth Morrow reads Proverbs 4: 7-9.
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After giving the student reflection, Eni Asebiomo is congratulated by fellow senior class president Ibrahim Bharmal.
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The a cappella ensemble Talisman sings “Wanting Memories” at the Baccalaureate.
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Families and friends of graduates stand to catch a glimpse or photograph their student at Baccalaureate.
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Stanford Taiko plays “Tatsumaki,” a drumming blessing.
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Elizabeth Alexander and Marc Tessier-Lavigne recess after the Baccalaureate.
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Students reunite with their families after the Baccalaureate celebration.
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Talisman sings with former members during their annual reunion after Baccalaureate.
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Commencement speaker Sterling K. Brown gets ready for the ceremony with the help of Elaine Ray.
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Wacky Walk 2018
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Flag bearers from the Stanford Axe Committee open the Commencement ceremony.
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Human biology major Maria Marta Rey attends Commencement after a recent appendectomy.
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A group of students dressed as pizza slices form an entire pie during the 2018 Wacky Walk.
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Spectators crowd the railing at the stadium to secure a photo of the ceremony.
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The incoming and outgoing Stanford Tree mascots participate in the Wacky Walk.
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A group of graduates remember to say thanks to their parents.
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Black Femme (of the Black Community) Wakanda Warriors.
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Wacky Walk — Three seniors used Loteria cards as their theme in the 2018 Wacky Walk.
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Stanford faculty attend the Commencement ceremony in the regalia of the schools they attended.
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Commencement at Stanford Stadium
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Elen Mendoza, Karina Luna and Gianna Nino celebrate Oaxaca, Mexico during Wacky Walk.
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Graduates celebrated their dads by dressing the part.
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President Marc Tessier-Lavigne, keynote speaker Sterling K. Brown and Provost Persis Drell receive applause as they process to the stage.
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President Marc Tessier-Lavigne greets the graduates.
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Graduates turn to face the stands and thank the people who supported their education.
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Stephen J. Stedman, Amy Larimer and graduating senior Alexis Kallen receive the Lloyd W. Dinkelspiel Award for Distinctive Contributions to Undergraduate Education.
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Michelle Elam, Richard Nevle and graduating senior Delaney Sullivan receive the Walter J. Gores Award, the university’s highest teaching honor.
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Ann Arvin is applauded as she receives the Kenneth M. Cuthberson Award for Exceptional Service to Stanford University.
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During his introduction actor Sterling K. Brown acknowledges his role in Black Panther.
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Actor and alumnus Sterling K. Brown, ’98, delivers the Commencement address.
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Undergraduates stand and celebrate the conferral of their degrees.
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Students receiving graduate degrees from the School of Engineering stand and celebrate.
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Excited and relieved, speaker Sterling K. Brown recesses from the stadium with Provost Persis Drell, left, and President Marc Tessier-Lavigne, right.
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The Stanford Tree mascot dances with the Band at the exuberant finale to the Commencement ceremony.
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The Leland Stanford Junior University Marching Band energizes the crowd after the Commencement.
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