Commencement Highlights |

“Let it go and let it in” | Enjoy the sights and sounds from Santa Clara University’s 2023 commencement ceremony. On Saturday, June 17, 2023, 1,590 members of the Class of 2023 celebrated their commencement in the University's Stevens Stadium. The speaker was Greg Boyle, S.J., STM ’86, the Jesuit priest who founded the renowned Los Angeles-based gang intervention, rehabilitation, and re-entry program, Homeboy Industries.
In her remarks, Santa Clara University President Julie Sullivan reminded the graduates that it is a sense of shared humanity that leads to “a life of purpose.”
“The relationships you have formed with each other and with Santa Clara University are not just pleasant byproducts of your four years of college,” she said. “They truly are the cornerstone of your Santa Clara experience.”
After degrees were conferred, the graduating students heard from valedictorian and ethnic studies and sociology major Angel Tam Nhi Lin ’23, a LEAD Scholar who was the first in her family to attend college. She told her classmates to cherish the loving communities created at Santa Clara, even despite two years of in-person community lost to the pandemic.
“Radical love is what makes us work so hard to build a legacy to make sure that SCU students will be taken care of long after we're gone,” said Lin. “Four years ago, I would have never thought that I would have found a loving home that I found in Santa Clara today. But that's what we do. We build communities.”
“That’s the Santa Clara mission after all, isn't it?” she added. “To use our education, our radical empathy, to take care of one another.”
Graduate Program Commencements
On Friday evening, 200 graduates from Santa Clara’s programs in education and counseling psychology and pastoral ministry received their advanced degrees in a ceremony in Stevens Stadium, where Boyle also spoke.
An additional 714 graduates from the graduate schools of business and engineering held their commencement ceremony in Stevens Stadium Saturday evening.
To view the list of student awards, visit: go.scu.edu/3qSX5PM
To read the press release, visit: go.scu.edu/3Xlwsz5
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