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Congratulations Class of 2013

May 27, 2013
Communications Staff

View a gallery of photos from Oberlin's 176th Commencement Exercises.More photos of Commencement and the entire Commencement/Reunion Weekend are on flickr.

Photo Gallery

2013 Commencement

Four people laugh and jump for joy
Photo credit: Nate Parsons
A person in commencement regalia, including a cap decorated with hanging beads
Photo credit: Lilly Day
Two people in commencement regalia embrace as others look on
Photo credit: Nate Parsons
People dressed in formalwear and commencement regalia applaud
Photo credit: Lilly Day
People in formalwear and commencement regalia line up along a sidewalk
The academic procession forms outside Peters Hall.
 Photo credit: Nate Parsons
A person wearing a floral headdress smiles
Photo credit: Lilly Day
Panorama photo of people seated in chairs in a field with umbrellas
Photo credit: John Seyfried
A person in commencement regalia speaks from behind a podium
Commencement speaker Tracy Chevalier ’84, a historical novelist, received an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree.
 Photo credit: Nate Parsons
A man in commencement regalia looks outward as others place an academic stole around his shoulders
Musicologist and music critic Richard Taruskin received an honorary Doctor of Music degree.
 Photo credit: Nate Parsons
One man places a academic stole around the shoulders of another while a third speaks at a podium
Writer, producer, and director Jonathan Demme received an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree.
 Photo credit: Nate Parsons
A man in commencement regalia holds up a red rectangle
Booker Peek, associate professor emeritus of African American studies, received Oberlin’s award for Distinguished Service to the Community.
 Photo credit: Nate Parsons
Two people in commencement regalia move to embrace behind a podium
Oberlin native and 1959 Oberlin High School graduate, William Robinson ’63, received Oberlin’s Alumni Medal.
 Photo credit: Nate Parsons
Four people laugh and jump for joy
A person in commencement regalia, including a cap decorated with hanging beads
Two people in commencement regalia embrace as others look on
People dressed in formalwear and commencement regalia applaud
People in formalwear and commencement regalia line up along a sidewalk
A person wearing a floral headdress smiles
Panorama photo of people seated in chairs in a field with umbrellas
A person in commencement regalia speaks from behind a podium
A man in commencement regalia looks outward as others place an academic stole around his shoulders
One man places a academic stole around the shoulders of another while a third speaks at a podium
A man in commencement regalia holds up a red rectangle
Two people in commencement regalia move to embrace behind a podium

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