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Penn’s 263rd Commencement

The spirit of the Red and Blue was shining brightly throughout the sunny Commencement  day with much music and many mortarboards filling the air along Locust Walk and in Franklin Field as some 7,700 graduates celebrated their accomplishments and became Penn alumni. See the 2019 Commencement Supplement for more coverage of the Baccalaureate and Commencement.

caption: Penn's Class of 2019 was well represented along Locust Walk.

caption: Leslie Kruhly carried the University Mace to Franklin Field.

caption: The bagpipers could be heard leading the way through campus.

caption: Creative students from the Weitzman School of Design proudly marched.

caption: The 263rd Commencement of the University was on May 20, 2019.

caption: Shiv Nadkarni, C'19, sang the National Anthem.

caption: Chaplain Charles Howard gave the invocation and the dismissal.

caption: President Amy Gutmann and Jon Bon Jovi paused with the Penn Band.

caption: A proud Penn graduate waves on her way to Franklin Field.

caption: Proud Penn graduates on Franklin Field.

caption: Hurrah! Hurrah! Hurrah for the Red and the Blue!

Photographs by Eddy Marenco.

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