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Photos: Emory University Commencement 2017

May 8, 2017

A grad takes a selfie picture.
A law school student looks up at the Emory Law gonfalon.
A graduate smiles
Bag-pipers lead the procession
A female graduate listens to the commencement address
a smiley-face baloon floats above the seated crowd of graduates
The president confers a degree
The corpus cordis aureum - corp of the golden heart - graduates from 50 years ago in their gold robes.
Graduates clap while wearing bright red regalia
Emory President Claire E. Sterk leads the procession
A Tibetan monk takes a photograph.
Commencement speaker and Poet Laureate, Natasha Trethewey.
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Emory's 172nd Commencement honored the achievements of this year's 4,615 graduates before an audience of about 15,000.

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