Three members of the faculty, two members of the staff and three students, including a bachelor’s, master’s and PhD candidate, will receive awards on Sunday, June 18, at the 126th Commencement ceremony in Stanford Stadium.
Stanford’s 126th Commencement Weekend, June 16-18, will also feature a Baccalaureate address by Children’s Defense Fund president Marian Wright Edelman.
Stanford students have a tradition of welcoming first-year students on move-in day by memorizing their names and calling them out when new students arrive at their dorms. A new service uses technology to build on that tradition.
Creative costumes at this year’s Wacky Walk, the nontraditional procession into the stadium for Commencement, featured everything from dinosaurs to astronauts.
Stanford celebrated its 125th Commencement Weekend June 11-12, 2016. Experience the highlights, including Ken Burns' Commencement address, the Baccalaureate celebration and the Wacky Walk.
With speeches, sermons, songs and smiles, festooned mortar boards and crazy costumes, the Stanford community celebrated the Class of 2016's farewell to the Farm. University photographer Linda A. Cicero captured some of the festivities.
Award-winning documentary filmmaker Ken Burns told graduates at Stanford’s 125th Commencement to discover the wisdom of history and understand how it shapes their lives today.
