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Photos: 2021 UW-Madison Spring Commencement
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
