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Photos from the 2018 University of Arizona Commencement ceremony on May 11 at Arizona Stadium in Tucson. UA President Robert C. Robbins conferred nearly 6,000 degrees upon this year's graduates.
Photos by Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
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Ryan Valenzuela, earning his bachelor's degree in business administration, whoops and hollers as he walks in with fellow undergraduates.
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A graduate locates her loved ones.
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Shree Kheni, a public health graduate, takes in the fireworks show.
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A group of graduates try to get the attention of supporters in the crowd.
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Graduates stand and cheer as their respective colleges are announced.
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Graduates wave to loved ones in the stands.
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Arizona Stadium plays host to 4,500 graduates and an estimated 40,000 guests.
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Graduates walk about in the stage lighting on the Arizona Stadium turf.
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Family members in upper regions of the east-side seats try to make themselves visible to graduates on the field.
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A gust of wind catches some graduates off-guard.
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Graduates take the last bit of refuge in shade.
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Shadows of graduates as they march in during the 154th University of Arizona Commencement.
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A few medical students with decorated mortar boards.
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A microbiology graduate's decorated mortar board.
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A graduate tries to make his location known in the crowd.
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University of Arizona President Robert C. Robbins takes in the scene in his first UA commencement.
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