Commencement Ceremony

At the ceremony in Maples Pavilion, dean Lloyd Minor urged graduates to take their hard-won resilience and inspire hope in others.

This year’s lively nontraditional processional featured students sharing looks both absurd and silly, from surfers and ducks to playing cards and parking permits.

Levin urged graduates to embrace new perspectives and seek illumination through friction in their journeys ahead.

The CEO of Google and Alphabet drew on his journey from Chennai to Silicon Valley to encourage graduates to reframe challenges and pursue hard problems.

At Stanford’s 135th Commencement, Sundar Pichai delivered the keynote address to more than 20,000 attendees, celebrating one of the university’s largest graduating classes.

During the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability’s 2025 diploma ceremony, Dean Arun Majumdar reminded new graduates that inquiry is the source of innovation.

Akshata Murty and Rishi Sunak, both MBA ’06, addressed the Class of 2025 at this year’s commencement ceremony.

The Graduate School of Education conferred degrees across a spectrum of education programs, including policy, technology, and research, as well as undergraduate honors.

Families, friends, and faculty gathered to celebrate the achievements of Stanford Medicine’s Class of 2025.

Speakers at the commencement ceremony highlighted the importance of community, shared effort, and resilience.