PHOTOS: Class of 2023 gathers for Baccalaureate ceremony

For centuries, Yale College seniors and faculty have gathered before Commencement for a ceremony with an address at its heart.

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  • Four graduates in gowns stand and pose amid a crowd of sitting peers
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    Photos by Dan Renzetti
  • Graduate carrying the Silliman College flag
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  • Proud parents standing and cheering
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  • A trio of graduates posing while seated in the front row
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  • Cheering graduates in the crowd
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  • Members of the cabinet wave to the crowd as they take the stage
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  • President Peter Salovey and Yale College Dean Pericles Lewis head to the stage
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    President Peter Salovey and Yale College Dean Pericles Lewis

  • Dean Lewis gives his Baccalaureate address
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  • President Salovey gives his Baccalaureate address
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  • Graduates standing and cheering
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  • Happy graduates stand and embrace
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For centuries, Yale College seniors and faculty have gathered before Commencement for a ceremony with an address at its heart. The sermon of days past has given way to an address by Yale’s president and readings by the dean of Yale College, although religious overtures remain with the participation of the university chaplain and the singing of hymns and an anthem.

Read President Peter Salovey’s 2023 Baccaluareate address | Watch the full ceremony

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