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Photos: 2021 UW-Madison Spring Commencement
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Photos: 2021 UW-Madison Spring Commencement

  • May 9, 2021
  • May 9, 2021 Updated May 3, 2022

Members of the UW-Madison undergraduate Class of 2021 gather at Camp Randall Stadium for a graduates-only spring commencement ceremony.

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UW-Madison graduating students Devon Stevens, left, and Lara Margolis toss their caps into the air while capturing photos with a friend prior to the start of the 2021 Spring Commencement ceremony at Camp Randall Stadium in Madison, Wis. Saturday, May 8, 2021. JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL

JOHN HART STATE JOURNAL

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2021 UW Commencement 02-05082021154314

UW-Madison graduating students sit socially-distanced apart in assigned ‘pods’ during the 2021 Spring Commencement at Camp Randall Stadium in Madison, Wis. Saturday, May 8, 2021. JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL

JOHN HART STATE JOURNAL

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2021 UW Commencement 03-05082021154314

Members of UW-Madison’s Class of 2021 revel in the chance to do one last “jump around” during the 2021 Spring Commencement at Camp Randall Stadium in Madison, Wis. Saturday, May 8, 2021. JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL

JOHN HART STATE JOURNAL

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2021 UW Commencement 04-05082021154314

UW-Madison graduates revel in the achievement prior to the start of the 2021 Spring Commencement at Camp Randall Stadium in Madison, Wis. Saturday, May 8, 2021. JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL

JOHN HART STATE JOURNAL

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2021 UW Commencement 05-05082021154314

Shehrose Charania, right, greets Calice Robins with an embrace prior to the start of the UW-Madison 2021 Spring Commencement ceremony at Camp Randall Stadium in Madison, Wis. Saturday, May 8, 2021. JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL

JOHN HART STATE JOURNAL

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2021 UW Commencement 06-05082021154314

Members of UW-Madison’s Class of 2021 revel in the chance to do one last “jump around” during the 2021 Spring Commencement at Camp Randall Stadium in Madison, Wis. Saturday, May 8, 2021. JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL

JOHN HART STATE JOURNAL

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2021 UW Commencement 07-05082021154314

UW-Madison senior class vice-president Paige Schultz guides a t-shirt cannon toward graduating students at the 2021 Spring Commencement at Camp Randall Stadium in Madison, Wis. Saturday, May 8, 2021. JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL

JOHN HART STATE JOURNAL

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2021 UW Commencement 08-05082021154732

UW-Madison graduating students are arranged in socially-distanced reserved seating arrangements during the 2021 Spring Commencement at Camp Randall Stadium in Madison, Wis. Saturday, May 8, 2021. JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL

JOHN HART STATE JOURNAL

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2021 UW Commencement 09-05082021154314

Broadway star and University of Wisconsin alum Andre De Shields delivers a keynote address via video to bachelor’s degree candidates during the 2021 Spring Commencement at Camp Randall Stadium in Madison, Wis. Saturday, May 8, 2021. JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL

JOHN HART STATE JOURNAL

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2021 UW Commencement 10-05082021154314

UW-Madison graduating students react during an address by keynote speaker Andre De Shields during the 2021 Spring Commencement at Camp Randall Stadium in Madison, Wis. Saturday, May 8, 2021. JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL

JOHN HART STATE JOURNAL

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2021 UW Commencement 11-05082021154314

Malawi native and UW-Madison student Lusayo Mwakatika addresses fellow graduates during the 2021 Spring Commencement at Camp Randall Stadium in Madison, Wis. Saturday, May 8, 2021. JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL

JOHN HART STATE JOURNAL

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2021 UW Commencement 12-05082021154314

UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank addresses members of the 2021 graduating class during the university’s spring commencement at Camp Randall Stadium in Madison, Wis. Saturday, May 8, 2021. JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL

JOHN HART STATE JOURNAL

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2021 UW Commencement 13-05082021154314

UW-Madison graduates Tobi Alawode, left, and Kayla Cotton turn their cap tassels to the left side during the 2021 Spring Commencement at Camp Randall Stadium in Madison, Wis. Saturday, May 8, 2021. JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL

JOHN HART STATE JOURNAL

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2021 UW Commencement 14-05082021154314

Members of UW-Madison’s Class of 2021 revel in the chance to do one last “jump around” during the 2021 Spring Commencement at Camp Randall Stadium in Madison, Wis. Saturday, May 8, 2021. JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL

JOHN HART STATE JOURNAL

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2021 UW Commencement 15-05082021154314

Members of the UW-Madison 2021 graduating class sing “Varsity” during the conclusion of the university’s spring commencement at Camp Randall Stadium in Madison, Wis. Saturday, May 8, 2021. JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL

JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL

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2021 UW Commencement 16-05082021154314

Members of UW-Madison’s Class of 2021 celebrated during the conclusion of the 2021 Spring Commencement at Camp Randall Stadium in Madison, Wis. Saturday, May 8, 2021. JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL

JOHN HART STATE JOURNAL

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2021 UW Commencement 17-05082021154314

UW-Madison graduates share a group embrace prior to the start of the 2021 Spring Commencement at Camp Randall Stadium in Madison, Wis. Saturday, May 8, 2021. JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL

JOHN HART STATE JOURNAL

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