Photo: Chris Richards/UA Alumni Association
Photo: James Wood/UANews
Photo: James Wood/UANews
Photo: James Wood/UANews
Photo: James Wood/UANews
Photo: James Wood/UANews
Photo: James Wood/UANews
Photo: James Wood/UANews
Photo: Chris Richards/UA Alumni Association
Photo: James Wood/UANews
Photo: Chris Richards/UA Alumni Association
Marc Acuna, director of student and alumni engagement for the UA Alumni Association, served as emcee of the pre-Commencement show. Photo: Chris Richards/UA Alumni Association
Dr. Robert C. Robbins greets UA graduates.
(Photo: James Wood/UANews)
Photo: Chris Richards/UA Alumni Association
Photo: Chris Richards/UA Alumni Association
Photo: Chris Richards/UA Alumni Association
Natalynn Masters, president of the Associated Students of the UA, speaks to her fellow graduates.
(Photo: James Wood/UANews)
Yezan "iPod" Hassan and Katrina M. Konopka were awarded Merrill P. Freeman Medals.
(center)
Dr. Mae C. Jemison encouraged students to "live deeply and look up."
(Photo: Chris Richards/UA Alumni Association)
Photo: Chris Richards/UA Alumni Association
Photo: James Wood/UANews
University of Arizona President Robert C. Robbins conferred 6,700 degrees at the university's 155th Commencement on May 10.
About 4,500 students and 40,000 guests attended the cermony at Arizona Stadium. Dr. Mae C. Jemison, engineer, physician, entrepreneur, educator and the first woman of color to travel into space, gave the keynote address. The event concluded with a fireworks and light show.
Here are some images captured during the ceremony by photographers Chris Richards and James Wood.