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2025 Graduate Commencement and Hooding

Master's students watch the processional after being seated. Graduate Commencement at Pinnacle Bank

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Ling Harris, Assistant Professor of Accounting, chats with several of her students as they line up b

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Morgan Goad, a Master of Music Student, sings the national anthem.

Graduate Commencement at Pinnac

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Alan Christensen, Professor of Biological Sciences, snaps a photo from the audience of one of his st

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Alisha Bevins, a graduate in computer science, receives her academic hood. Graduate Commencement at

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Jazmin Ley receives her academic hood. Graduate Commencement at Pinnacle Bank Arena. December 19, 20

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Chancellor Rodney Bennett shakes the hand of a masters graduate. Graduate Commencement at Pinnacle B

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A student waves to family as graduates enter the arena during the processional. Graduate Commencemen

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Ngoc Lanh Trinh holds up his phone to share a message to his parents, who watched the livestream of

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Oghenetega Allen Obewhere smiles after receiving his academic hood. He received his doctorate in eng

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Grant Phillips stands with his adviser, Justin Bradley, underneath a white light in a hallway lit wi

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Nathaniel Wenchang Hé walks onto the floor of Pinnacle Bank Arena with students receiving their mas

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Engineering master's and doctoral students pose for a photo with their advisers. Graduate Commenceme

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Nathan Wenchang Hé and Ngoc Huong Thao Huynh, both graduating with their master's in integrated med

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Blurred motion view of doctoral graduates sitting alongside professors. Graduate Commencement at Pin

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Chancellor Rodney Bennett hands a diploma to Nathan Wenchang Hé, a graduate of the Master of Integr

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Amy Fraser (right), a graduate student in music, shakes Chancellor Rodney Bennett’s hand as she re

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A masters graduate student wears a mortar board that reads “Structurally Sound.” Graduate Commen

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A masters graduate walks down the aisle after receiving their diploma. Graduate Commencement at Pinn

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Asaduzzaman Noor looks for family and friends in the audience. Noor received his masters degree in c

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Daisy Guiza-Beltran receives a hug from her adviser, Limei Zhang, Associate Professor of Biochemistr

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Bellodgia Danielle Roberson blows a kiss to family and friends in the audience at Pinnacle Bank Aren

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Gautam Takoo, a Research Technologist in the Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, snaps a photo

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Graduate Commencement at Pinnacle Bank Arena. December 19, 2025.

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Carol Tschampl-Diesing got socks specially printed with a portrait of her husband so he could comple

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Heydi Calderon Ambelis Han waves to family members in the crowd. Graduate Commencement at Pinnacle B

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Morgan Goad, a Master of Music Student, sings the national anthem. Graduate Commencement at Pinnacle

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Chancellor Rodney Bennett speaks to graduating students. Graduate Commencement at Pinnacle Bank Aren

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Terrol Wilson holds his diploma as he exits Pinnacle Bank Arena after the graduate commencement cere

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Tamanna Kabir, a graduate in educational studies, receives her hood. Graduate Commencement at Pinnac

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Shuo Zhang sees a bright future ahead as a photographers’ camera flash lights his eyes as he recei

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Jessica Powell celebrates after receiving her masters degree. Graduate Commencement at Pinnacle Bank

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Carol Tschampl-Diesing smiles on stage as she receives her academic hood for her doctorate in commun

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Heydi Calderon Ambelis Han waves to family as she walks offstage after receiving her diploma. Gradua

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Marcelle Lisa Dongmo Takouzin puts her hands and diploma in the air in celebration during the recess

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Guy Trainin poses with two of his doctoral students, Ben Lytle (left) and Tamanna Sharmin Kabir. Lyt

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Amara Smith Speights holds out her ring. Smith Speights was part of the championship-winning Husker

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Amasi Ali Hassan Hajahja waves toward family and friends after receiving her master's degree during

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(Left) Accountancy graduate students, Mallory Schuh and Alvan Tran, pet Cash, the University Police

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Merjen Palvanova, a Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics graduate student, waves to family m

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Mei Grace Behrendt receives her Doctor of Educational Psychology hood. 2025 Spring Graduate Commence

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Educational Administration Graduate student, Mandi Laib, holds her diploma up in the air after recei

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Accountancy graduate student, Connor Morrissey, fist pumps the air on his way out of the Graduate Co

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Justine Yeo smiles as she is hooded during the summer commencement ceremony. Summer Commencement cer

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Oluseye Fakinlede snaps open a fan after receiving his master's degree from the College of Journalis

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Graduates pose together outside of Pinnacle Bank Arena as other families look for loved ones in the

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Anthropology Graduate students, Audrey Holbeck and Sam Skokan get their picture taken by Tori Pate w

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Faculty members march carrying the gonfallons into the 2025 Spring Graduate Commencement Ceremony in

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