{"id":198810,"date":"2023-05-09T11:25:18","date_gmt":"2023-05-09T15:25:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=198810"},"modified":"2023-05-09T12:49:21","modified_gmt":"2023-05-09T16:49:21","slug":"kicking-off-new-beginnings-2023-commencement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2023\/05\/kicking-off-new-beginnings-2023-commencement\/","title":{"rendered":"Kicking Off New Beginnings: 2023 Commencement"},"content":{"rendered":"

The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences celebrated more than 2,600 graduates across three <\/span>ceremonies at<\/span> Harry A.<\/span> Gampel Pavilion<\/span> on<\/span> Sunday,<\/span> May 7<\/span>.<\/span> From a special escort <\/span>by <\/span>Jonathan XIV<\/span>,<\/span> to a surprise vi<\/span>sit from <\/span>basketball great Ray Allen \u201923 (BGS)<\/span> \u2014<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>who walked <\/span>with<\/span> CLAS graduates at ceremony <\/span>one<\/span> \u2014<\/span> commencement day <\/span>was one the Class of 2023 will never forget<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Scenes from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS) Commencement ceremony one at Gampel Pavilion on May 7, 2023. (Bri Diaz\/UConn Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Jonathan XIV at the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS) Commencement ceremony two in Gampel Pavilion on May 7, 2023. (Bri Diaz\/UConn Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Ray
Ray Allen \u201923 (BGS) at the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS) Commencement ceremony one at Gampel Pavilion on May 7, 2023. (Bri Diaz\/UConn Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Students
Students become alumni as they move their tassels at the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS) Commencement ceremony two in Gampel Pavilion on May 7, 2023. (Bri Diaz\/UConn Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Talitha
Dr. Talitha Washington, honorary degree recipient, delivers the commencement address at the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS) ceremony one at Gampel Pavilion on May 7, 2023. (Bri Diaz\/UConn Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Graduates
Graduates embrace outside Gampel Pavilion following the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS) Commencement ceremony one on May 7, 2023. (Bri Diaz\/UConn Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Extreme
The Extreme Measures a cappella group, featuring political science major Matthew Plourd \u201923 (CLAS) and anthropology major Mary Ancona \u201923 (CLAS), sing the National Anthem at the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS) Commencement ceremony three in Gampel Pavilion on May 7, 2023. (Bri Diaz\/UConn Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Graduation
A decorated graduation cap at the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS) Commencement ceremony three in Gampel Pavilion on May 7, 2023. (Bri Diaz\/UConn Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Nidhi
Nidhi Nair \u201923 (CLAS), an economics major, delivers the student speech at the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS) Commencement ceremony one at Gampel Pavilion on May 7, 2023. (Bri Diaz\/UConn Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Graduates process into Gampel Pavilion for College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS) Commencement ceremony three in Gampel Pavilion on May 7, 2023. (Bri Diaz\/UConn Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Ofer
Ofer Harel, associate dean for research and graduate affairs, hands out a diploma at the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS) Commencement ceremony two in Gampel Pavilion on May 7, 2023. (Bri Diaz\/UConn Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Alfredo
Dr. Alfredo Qui\u00f1ones-Hinojosa, honorary degree recipient, delivers the commencement address during\u00a0the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS) Commencement ceremony three in Gampel Pavilion on May 7, 2023. (Bri Diaz\/UConn Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences honors 2,600 graduates at Gampel Pavilion<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":171,"featured_media":198811,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_crdt_document":"","wds_primary_category":0,"wds_primary_series":0,"wds_primary_attribution":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[147,2226],"tags":[],"magazine-issues":[],"coauthors":[2397],"class_list":["post-198810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alumni","category-clas"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-27 09:22:41","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198810","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/users\/171"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=198810"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198810\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":198836,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198810\/revisions\/198836"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media\/198811"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=198810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=198810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=198810"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-issue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/magazine-issues?post=198810"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=198810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}