Last Collection
![Sannan Dhillon at podium](https://www.swarthmore.edu/sites/default/files/styles/image_slider/public/assets/images/commencement-2023/collection-23-1.jpg?itok=IZCE6sRW)
Student speaker Sannan Dhillon '23 at Last Collection, which took place in the Scott Outdoor Amphitheater on Friday, May 19.
![Farha Ghannam at podium](https://www.swarthmore.edu/sites/default/files/styles/image_slider/public/assets/images/commencement-2023/collection-23-2.jpg?itok=aGSmlAwD)
Faculty speaker Farha Ghannam, Eugene Lang Research Professor of Anthropology
![Student holds candle at night](https://www.swarthmore.edu/sites/default/files/styles/image_slider/public/assets/images/commencement-2023/collection-23-3.jpg?itok=MRbaHCfN)
![Rows of students with candles at night](https://www.swarthmore.edu/sites/default/files/styles/image_slider/public/assets/images/commencement-2023/collection-23-4.jpg?itok=fi4hMQPb)
![Panorama shot of Class of 2023 with candles](https://www.swarthmore.edu/sites/default/files/styles/image_slider/public/assets/images/commencement-2023/collection-23-5.jpg?itok=2w7KpwLv)
![Student holds candle at night](https://www.swarthmore.edu/sites/default/files/styles/image_slider/public/assets/images/commencement-2023/collection-23-6.jpg?itok=nn25UdJo)
![Students hold candles at night](https://www.swarthmore.edu/sites/default/files/styles/image_slider/public/assets/images/commencement-2023/collection-23-8.jpg?itok=zVWh-VUk)
![Students hold candles at night](https://www.swarthmore.edu/sites/default/files/styles/image_slider/public/assets/images/commencement-2023/collection-23-7.jpg?itok=eTqD8ER8)
![Students hold candles at night](https://www.swarthmore.edu/sites/default/files/styles/image_slider/public/assets/images/commencement-2023/collection-23-9.jpg?itok=p7U1gmni)
Baccalaureate
![Parent helps student with graduation cap](https://www.swarthmore.edu/sites/default/files/styles/image_slider/public/assets/images/commencement-2023/bacc-23-1.jpg?itok=1z_9NkDh)
Baccalaureate took place on Saturday, May 20, in the Scott Outdoor Amphitheater.
![Group of students in cap and gown talk and laugh](https://www.swarthmore.edu/sites/default/files/styles/image_slider/public/assets/images/commencement-2023/bacc-23-2.jpg?itok=GAfAqEhG)
![Students walk on rainy day in caps and gowns](https://www.swarthmore.edu/sites/default/files/styles/image_slider/public/assets/images/commencement-2023/bacc-23-3.jpg?itok=inPYow_g)
![Students walk under tree covering in caps and gowns](https://www.swarthmore.edu/sites/default/files/styles/image_slider/public/assets/images/commencement-2023/bacc-23-4.jpg?itok=owPoMtBe)
![Leslie Abbey speaks at podium](https://www.swarthmore.edu/sites/default/files/styles/image_slider/public/assets/images/commencement-2023/bacc-23-5.jpg?itok=4zYpE-4t)
Leslie Abbey ’90, a member of the Board of Managers, delivers the opening remarks of Baccalaureate on Saturday, May 20, in the Scott Outdoor Amphitheater.
![Swarthmore College Chorus director Joseph Gregorio presents](https://www.swarthmore.edu/sites/default/files/styles/image_slider/public/assets/images/commencement-2023/bacc-23-6.jpg?itok=4pjAz8FP)
Swarthmore College Chorus Director Joseph Gregorio presents "Song for Swarthmore," for which he wrote the words and music.
![Rows of students wearing caps and gowns sit in outdoor amphitheater](https://www.swarthmore.edu/sites/default/files/styles/image_slider/public/assets/images/commencement-2023/bacc-23-7.jpg?itok=BBy3e6Gk)
![James H. Hammons Professor of Chemistry Tom Stephenson](https://www.swarthmore.edu/sites/default/files/styles/image_slider/public/assets/images/commencement-2023/bacc-23-8.jpg?itok=JgzVogAY)
James H. Hammons Professor of Chemistry Tom Stephenson delivers the Baccalaureate address on Saturday, May 20, in the Scott Outdoor Amphitheater.
![Students wearing caps and gowns sit in outdoor amphitheater](https://www.swarthmore.edu/sites/default/files/styles/image_slider/public/assets/images/commencement-2023/bacc-23-9.jpg?itok=ITWlRzHS)
![Students wearing caps and gowns bump elbows](https://www.swarthmore.edu/sites/default/files/styles/image_slider/public/assets/images/commencement-2023/bacc-23-10.jpg?itok=_WmHP8VX)
![Parents wave to student in outdoor amphitheater](https://www.swarthmore.edu/sites/default/files/styles/image_slider/public/assets/images/commencement-2023/bacc-23-11.jpg?itok=dDTGsRiM)
![Student wearing cap and gown hugs](https://www.swarthmore.edu/sites/default/files/styles/image_slider/public/assets/images/commencement-2023/bacc-23-12.jpg?itok=OzjF599l)
Swattie Send-Off and Fireworks Celebration
![Crowd of people in the ville](https://www.swarthmore.edu/sites/default/files/styles/image_slider/public/assets/images/commencement-2023/sendoff-23-1.jpg?itok=9nucXx9E)
The Borough of Swarthmore hosted a "Swattie Send-Off" before the College celebrated with fireworks on Saturday, May 20.
![Two students pose with food in Ville of Swarthmore](https://www.swarthmore.edu/sites/default/files/styles/image_slider/public/assets/images/commencement-2023/sendoff-23-2.jpg?itok=9pBbxnxj)
![Person hugs friend](https://www.swarthmore.edu/sites/default/files/styles/image_slider/public/assets/images/commencement-2023/sendoff-23-3.jpg?itok=7ugIerYK)
![Family waits together in Ville of Swarthmore](https://www.swarthmore.edu/sites/default/files/styles/image_slider/public/assets/images/commencement-2023/sendoff-23-4.jpg?itok=20bS7pVR)
![Pink and white fireworks light up night sky](https://www.swarthmore.edu/sites/default/files/styles/image_slider/public/assets/images/commencement-2023/sendoff-23-5.jpg?itok=qhMiKBwn)
The College's fireworks celebration took place on Cunningham Fields on Saturday, May 20.
![Two people stand and watch fireworks from a distance](https://www.swarthmore.edu/sites/default/files/styles/image_slider/public/assets/images/commencement-2023/sendoff-23-6.jpg?itok=LIbWFWXt)
Commencement
![Student pins rose onto another student's sash](https://www.swarthmore.edu/sites/default/files/styles/image_slider/public/assets/images/commencement-2023/commencement-23-1.jpg?itok=PaKnkYQ3)
Rose Selection took place on Sunday, May 21, in the Dean Bond Rose Garden.
![Student pins rose onto another student's sash, detail](https://www.swarthmore.edu/sites/default/files/styles/image_slider/public/assets/images/commencement-2023/commencement-23-2.jpg?itok=U1aBVnsL)
![Students take a group selfie in the rose garden](https://www.swarthmore.edu/sites/default/files/styles/image_slider/public/assets/images/commencement-2023/commencement-23-3.jpg?itok=ddLd3Va_)
![Students walk through the rose garden](https://www.swarthmore.edu/sites/default/files/styles/image_slider/public/assets/images/commencement-2023/commencement-23-4.jpg?itok=LGk3qNgB)
![A woman happy pinning a rose to a student's gown](https://www.swarthmore.edu/sites/default/files/styles/image_slider/public/assets/images/commencement-2023/commencement-23-5.jpg?itok=UInoNt__)
![Students proceed to the Commencement ceremony](https://www.swarthmore.edu/sites/default/files/styles/image_slider/public/assets/images/commencement-2023/commencement-23-6.jpg?itok=CrcWSdlq)
Commencement Procession passing Parrish Hall.
![A student smiles in her cap and gown](https://www.swarthmore.edu/sites/default/files/styles/image_slider/public/assets/images/commencement-2023/commencement-23-11.jpg?itok=GVRRAW-Y)
Commencement took place on Sunday, May 21, on Parrish Lawn.
![Students proceed to Commencement](https://www.swarthmore.edu/sites/default/files/styles/image_slider/public/assets/images/commencement-2023/commencement-23-8.jpg?itok=qLsdfsIK)
![Students standing before Commencement](https://www.swarthmore.edu/sites/default/files/styles/image_slider/public/assets/images/commencement-2023/commencement-23-9.jpg?itok=n6S-UWHP)
![Students smiling at Commencement](https://www.swarthmore.edu/sites/default/files/styles/image_slider/public/assets/images/commencement-2023/commencement-23-12.jpg?itok=69VzWGw2)
![President Val Smith walks in Rose Garden](https://www.swarthmore.edu/sites/default/files/styles/image_slider/public/assets/images/commencement-2023/commencement-23-48.jpg?itok=1s_LjpjU)
![man at podium](https://www.swarthmore.edu/sites/default/files/styles/image_slider/public/assets/images/commencement-2023/commencement-23-13.jpg?itok=D-I8MyHF)
Faculty Marshal Mark Wallace
![ASL interpreter signs to the camera](https://www.swarthmore.edu/sites/default/files/styles/image_slider/public/assets/images/commencement-2023/commencement-23-33.jpg?itok=EM7xgovQ)
An ASL interpreter signs to the audience.
![Board of Managers Chair Koof Kalkstein '78 at podium](https://www.swarthmore.edu/sites/default/files/styles/image_slider/public/assets/images/commencement-2023/commencement-23-14.jpg?itok=nv_3UAoi)
Board of Managers Chair Koof Kalkstein '78
![Senior Class Speaker Callie Cho '23 at podium](https://www.swarthmore.edu/sites/default/files/styles/image_slider/public/assets/images/commencement-2023/commencement-23-15.jpg?itok=JhCFSBqn)
Senior Class Speaker Callie Cho '23
![President Smith stands at podium with diploma](https://www.swarthmore.edu/sites/default/files/styles/image_slider/public/assets/images/commencement-2023/commencement-23-47.jpg?itok=2z5Z0IFE)
![Marianne McKenna '72, H'23](https://www.swarthmore.edu/sites/default/files/styles/image_slider/public/assets/images/commencement-2023/commencement-23-17.jpg?itok=I3UOmq7i)
Marianne McKenna '72, H'23
![People sitting in rows of chairs](https://www.swarthmore.edu/sites/default/files/styles/image_slider/public/assets/images/commencement-2023/commencement-23-23.jpg?itok=0Qv1s5d3)
![Karama Neal '93, H'23](https://www.swarthmore.edu/sites/default/files/styles/image_slider/public/assets/images/commencement-2023/commencement-23-18.jpg?itok=egiScSS4)
Karama Neal '93, H'23
![Amy Vedder '72, H'23 & Bill Weber '73, H'23 receive their hoods](https://www.swarthmore.edu/sites/default/files/styles/image_slider/public/assets/images/commencement-2023/commencement-23-19.jpg?itok=E-NEDVg1)
Amy Vedder '72, H'23 & Bill Weber '73, H'23
![Students seated, clapping](https://www.swarthmore.edu/sites/default/files/styles/image_slider/public/assets/images/commencement-2023/commencement-23-24.jpg?itok=Zlngr5vS)
![Ann Sinclair '23 and Erin Chen '23 stand on stage](https://www.swarthmore.edu/sites/default/files/styles/image_slider/public/assets/images/commencement-2023/commencement-23-20.jpg?itok=6jQvsVJo)
Oak & Ivy Award winners Ann Sinclair '23 and Erin Chen '23
![Lang Award winner Jay Leeds '23 on stage with President Val Smith](https://www.swarthmore.edu/sites/default/files/styles/image_slider/public/assets/images/commencement-2023/commencement-23-21.jpg?itok=WXjm8IjP)
Lang Award winner Jay Leeds '23
![Amra Mendoza '23](https://www.swarthmore.edu/sites/default/files/styles/image_slider/public/assets/images/commencement-2023/commencement-23-22.jpg?itok=iab3cRuB)
McCabe Engineering Award winner Amra Mendoza '23
![A student walks across stage](https://www.swarthmore.edu/sites/default/files/styles/image_slider/public/assets/images/commencement-2023/commencement-23-25.jpg?itok=zclM1QAd)
![President Valerie Smith and a student touch elbows and smile on stage](https://www.swarthmore.edu/sites/default/files/styles/image_slider/public/assets/images/commencement-2023/commencement-23-27.jpg?itok=3KlS2jLv)
![smiling student holding up her diploma](https://www.swarthmore.edu/sites/default/files/styles/image_slider/public/assets/images/commencement-2023/commencement-23-26.jpg?itok=nvup-pB5)
![Students standing in cap and gown](https://www.swarthmore.edu/sites/default/files/styles/image_slider/public/assets/images/commencement-2023/commencement-23-28.jpg?itok=NatEJXto)
![Seated students with smiling with their diplomas](https://www.swarthmore.edu/sites/default/files/styles/image_slider/public/assets/images/commencement-2023/commencement-23-29.jpg?itok=nVT43mtc)
![President Smith elbow bumps student while handing out diploma](https://www.swarthmore.edu/sites/default/files/styles/image_slider/public/assets/images/commencement-2023/commencement-23-46.jpg?itok=ybuzGSPD)
![Crowd cheering and holding their phones](https://www.swarthmore.edu/sites/default/files/styles/image_slider/public/assets/images/commencement-2023/commencement-23-30.jpg?itok=TCkeGA8F)
![A student wears a decorated graduation cap](https://www.swarthmore.edu/sites/default/files/styles/image_slider/public/assets/images/commencement-2023/commencement-23-32.jpg?itok=CoixdUyw)
![Students on stage receiving diplomas](https://www.swarthmore.edu/sites/default/files/styles/image_slider/public/assets/images/commencement-2023/commencement-23-31.jpg?itok=Y4Fhlw05)
![Student smiles with diploma in hand](https://www.swarthmore.edu/sites/default/files/styles/image_slider/public/assets/images/commencement-2023/commencement-23-35.jpg?itok=Q90v7xYK)
![Student approaches President Valerie Smith, confetti in the air](https://www.swarthmore.edu/sites/default/files/styles/image_slider/public/assets/images/commencement-2023/commencement-23-34.jpg?itok=nlnoYLIq)
![A student adds the last piece to a large puzzle on stage](https://www.swarthmore.edu/sites/default/files/styles/image_slider/public/assets/images/commencement-2023/commencement-23-36.jpg?itok=BcNNPbnd)
![Student turns tassel on graduation cap](https://www.swarthmore.edu/sites/default/files/styles/image_slider/public/assets/images/commencement-2023/commencement-23-39.jpg?itok=KINSYqc2)
![Students watching graduation ceremony straighten their caps and gowns](https://www.swarthmore.edu/sites/default/files/styles/image_slider/public/assets/images/commencement-2023/commencement-23-43.jpg?itok=mqBQrUTp)
![Procession of students with diplomas wave to spectators](https://www.swarthmore.edu/sites/default/files/styles/image_slider/public/assets/images/commencement-2023/commencement-23-44.jpg?itok=yiT28sap)
![Student wearing cap and gown receives balloons](https://www.swarthmore.edu/sites/default/files/styles/image_slider/public/assets/images/commencement-2023/commencement-23-40.jpg?itok=C_fi2G7j)
![Student wearing cap and gown shakes hand of professor after ceremony](https://www.swarthmore.edu/sites/default/files/styles/image_slider/public/assets/images/commencement-2023/commencement-23-42.jpg?itok=5dvDjdBd)
![Student holding diploma poses with parents](https://www.swarthmore.edu/sites/default/files/styles/image_slider/public/assets/images/commencement-2023/commencement-23-45.jpg?itok=HMjjiR5f)
![Student wearing cap and gown has expression of amazement](https://www.swarthmore.edu/sites/default/files/styles/image_slider/public/assets/images/commencement-2023/commencement-23-37.jpg?itok=GR9iKNd4)
![Graduating student and parents pose with backs turned to camera](https://www.swarthmore.edu/sites/default/files/styles/image_slider/public/assets/images/commencement-2023/commencement-23-38.jpg?itok=jpFNljmA)
![Student wearing engineering hard hat hugs friend after graduation](https://www.swarthmore.edu/sites/default/files/styles/image_slider/public/assets/images/commencement-2023/commencement-23-41.jpg?itok=NtsvWUDY)