News and College Life

Two Tippie graduates make their way to the staging area prior to commencement ceremonies.

A graduate looks up to their family after receiving their diploma at the 2023 Midyear Commencement Ceremony on December 21st, 2023.

Parents embrace their newly graduated students at the end of the 2023 Physician Assistant Studies White Coat Ceremony on December 21st, 2023.

The identity of who puts on the mascot costume is generally kept secret...until graduation when the shoes make it a dead giveaway.

Nursing students traditionally take the plunge, in their scrubs, together after completing their last final. 

Lurynn Akasaki, a graduating Business Management major, stops her graduation photo shoot to remember the faculty members lost on December 6th when 3 faculty members were killed and 1 injured in a mass shooting in the business college. Jerry Cha-Jan Chang, one of the deceased faculty members, oversaw one of Lurynn's internships the previous summer. 

Students hold up their torches during a pre-graduation ceremony.. 

Students walk through the early morning light on their way to graduation. 

College graduate celebrates at graduation.

I was assigned to photograph the fall dance recital, "Sage".