Photo gallery: December 2023 commencement

Last weekend, MU celebrated the accomplishments of more than 1,780 Tigers as they received their degrees. See photos from the December 2023 commencement ceremonies.

Dec. 18, 2023
Photos by Abbie Lankitus and Sam O'Keefe

On Dec. 15 and 16, the University of Missouri graduated 1,780 students with more than 1,900 degrees at MU's winter commencement ceremonies.

See some moments from the weekend:

a group of graduates singing the alma mater

a graduate shaking hands while being handed a diploma

president choi shaking hands with a graduate

a graduate shaking hands with president choi

a graduate dancing while on his way to grab his diploma

a graduate who used to be truman the tiger standing with some of his truman gear on

a graduate walking through the halls of jesse ecstatic

two graduates taking a picture with their family

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