{"id":23950,"date":"2023-05-15T10:12:13","date_gmt":"2023-05-15T15:12:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/?p=23950"},"modified":"2025-03-12T13:23:03","modified_gmt":"2025-03-12T18:23:03","slug":"congrats-baylor-class-of-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/2023\/05\/congrats-baylor-class-of-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Congrats, Baylor Class of 2023!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-23951\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/graduation-may23.jpg\" alt=\"Baylor graduates doing a Sic 'Em at Commencement\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/graduation-may23.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/graduation-may23-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/graduation-may23-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/graduation-may23-768x384.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/president.web.baylor.edu\/news\/story\/2023\/presidential-perspective-may-11-2023\">More than 4,000 new Baylor alumni<\/a> &#8212; the largest class in BU history &#8212; crossed the Ferrell Center stage over the weekend as Baylor celebrated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baylor.edu\/commencement\/\">Commencement<\/a> for the Class of 2023!<\/p>\n<p>If you missed out &#8212; or you just want to watch your graduate&#8217;s big moment again &#8212; complete video of all four ceremonies is archived on Baylor&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@baylor\/streams\">YouTube<\/a>\u00a0and the <a href=\"https:\/\/commencement.web.baylor.edu\/about\/commencement-video-archives\/may-2023\">Baylor website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Baylor social media was on top of the whole weekend, from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CsHYeLCv38u\/\">sharing graduates&#8217; senior portraits<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BaylorUniversity1845\/posts\/pfbid02R3euiAz6ViQVP1C322HdivZddVJJAfntGjCbqvkxTSkridZckctCzuaUgGZ75zNdl\">covering Baylor&#8217;s Kente ceremony<\/a> to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BaylorUniversity1845\/posts\/pfbid02QG7Z5fG5N9sNDn3R87RBSgbsfcmagJpcEnVqNo7VqnsMn25Ge8VQtCLhVmJZMBkQl\">celebrating with photos from the weekend<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FBaylorUniversity1845%2Fposts%2Fpfbid02UffYquLhkZZGQawQ9FFyueWZAi7kiHBxri3mtVcBMcsT9etDmu6t7A8quPULSVfxl&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"621\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FBaylorUniversity1845%2Fposts%2Fpfbid02QG7Z5fG5N9sNDn3R87RBSgbsfcmagJpcEnVqNo7VqnsMn25Ge8VQtCLhVmJZMBkQl&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"727\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Also &#8220;graduating&#8221; alongside the Class of 2023 this weekend was our <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/2023\/05\/lady-is-graduating\/\">beloved American black bear, Lady<\/a>. A <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/nQGyw7P4aYU\">special video<\/a> played during Commencement drew some of the loudest applause of the weekend:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Congratulations, Lady (BU &#039;23)!\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nQGyw7P4aYU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>As a proud Baylor graduate who walked across that same stage many years ago, the best piece of advice I can give you is this: Stay in touch. <a href=\"https:\/\/bbis.baylor.edu\/directory\/login?bm=422165378\">Update your alumni contact information<\/a> so that wherever your future takes you, you\u2019ll know what\u2019s going on with your alma mater and can connect with fellow grads. If you don\u2019t already, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baylor.edu\/socialmedia\/\">follow Baylor on social media<\/a> to watch how your alma mater grows and develops.<\/p>\n<p>And finally, even as your friends scatter all over the world, make an effort to get together on a regular basis. Maybe that\u2019s for <a href=\"https:\/\/homecoming.web.baylor.edu\/\">Baylor Homecoming<\/a> (mark your calendar &#8212; Oct. 23-28!), a group vacation, or just weekly game night &#8212; but keep those friendships going. College is a special time, and you likely won\u2019t ever again have this much time available to build such deep friendships.<\/p>\n<p>Best of luck, new Baylor graduates. Or, as we Bears say:<\/p>\n<p>Sic \u2019em, #BU23!<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>You might also like:\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<i>* <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/2023\/05\/how-one-baylorgrads-selflessness-saved-a-life-even-before-starting-med-school\/\">How one #BaylorGrad\u2019s selflessness saved a life \u2014 even before starting med school<\/a> (May 2023)<br \/>\n* <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/2023\/05\/from-challenge-to-celebration-first-gen-baylorgrad-celebrates-a-family-milestone\/\">From Challenge to Celebration: First-gen #BaylorGrad celebrates a family milestone<\/a> (May 2023)<br \/>\n<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More than 4,000 new Baylor alumni &#8212; the largest class in BU history &#8212; crossed the Ferrell Center stage over the weekend as Baylor celebrated Commencement for the Class of 2023! If you missed out &#8212; or you just want to watch your graduate&#8217;s big moment again &#8212; complete video of all four ceremonies is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4,11,14,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-academics","category-alumni","category-photo-galleries","category-student-life","category-videos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23950","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23950"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23950\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}