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Preparing for Commencement 2023

By University of Notre Dame

May 19^th, 2023

The entire campus is mobilized each year to welcome graduates and guests for Commencement. Here’s a glimpse of some of the activities undertaken ahead of #ND2023.

The north goal post in Notre Dame Stadium is removed before the football field is set up for Commencement ceremonies.

Pallets of flooring are staged outside Notre Dame Stadium before Commencement.

Floor panels go onto the football field as it is set up for Commencement ceremonies.

Athletics grounds staff set up the chairs in Notre Dame Stadium before Commencement.

Tom Kramer adjusts the chairs in Notre Dame Stadium.

Kathy Maloney makes a final check after the setup of the chairs in Notre Dame Stadium.

Lance Nettrouer with the Office of the Registrar takes a phone call during setup for Commencement.

Custodial crew leader Larry Parker Sr. checks a recently vacated room in O’Neill Hall. The hall will be used for family housing on Commencement Weekend.

Graduates from Duncan Hall pose for photos near the Hesburgh Library during Senior Week 2023.

Bookstore employee Doug Horton prepares a sewing machine to customize a graduation stole.

Embroidery of a graduation stole.

Allison Goffeney, a baker at the Center for Culinary Excellence, ices shamrock-shaped cookies ahead of Commencement.

Cookies decorated for Commencement.

Cookies are decorated using a new printer that can put a food coloring design on an iced cookie.

Sinai Vespie, executive pastry chef at the Center for Culinary Excellence, prints a design on cookies to be served at a Commencement ceremony for the Center for Social Concerns.

Incoming Senior Class President Paul Stoller ’24, along with other senior class officers and volunteers, places stickers on the candles to be used in the Class of 2023 last visit to the Grotto.

Assistant Director of Bands Larry Dwyer ’66 directs band members as they rehearse “Pomp and Circumstance” in the Ricci Band Rehearsal Hall.

The band rehearses “Pomp and Circumstance” in the Ricci Band Rehearsal Hall.

Floral Crew Supervisor Joe Rabbitt rakes up after replacing the flowers at the Grotto, a multi-day task involving several Landscape Services crew members.

Norman Vesprini, piano technology program manager, tunes the piano in Washington Hall just before Commencement Weekend.

Ron Deblock presses a doctoral gown at St. Michael’s Laundry.

Preparing for Commencement 2023

Preparing for Commencement 2023

Preparing for Commencement 2023

Preparing for Commencement 2023

Footnotes

Photography by Matt Cashore, University of Notre Dame

FootNotes

Photography by Matt Cashore, University of Notre Dame

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