An IU graduate waves to the audience during the graduate commencement ceremony May 3, 2024, Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall in Bloomington. Many graduates wore stickers reading "Resign" and "No Confidence" on their robes during the ceremony.
IU graduates and faculty listen to speeches during the graduate commencement ceremony May 3, 2024, in Skjodt Assembly Hall in Bloomington. Both IU President Pamela Whitten and IU Provost Rahul Shrivastav delivered speeches during commencement.
IU graduates wave to the audience during the graduate commencement ceremony May 3, 2024, in Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall in Bloomington. Nearly 19,000 graduate and undergraduate students from IU's nine campuses graduated in 2024, according to an IU press release.
Families and friends wait for the graduate commencement ceremony to begin May 3, 2024, in the stands of Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall in Bloomington. Several thousand people were in attendance for the ceremony.
IU President Pamela Whitten speaks to graduate commencement student speaker Patrick Blackstone during the graduate commencement ceremony May 3, 2024 in Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall in Bloomington.
IU Provost Rahul Shrivastav, graduate commencement student speaker Patrick Blackstone and three IU college deans link arms to conclude the graduate commencement ceremony May 3, 2024, in Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall in Bloomington. Several IU Board of Trustees members were also in attendance during the ceremony.
One IU faculty member and two graduates turn away from the stage during IU President Pamela Whitten's speech during the graduate commencement ceremony May 3, 2024, in Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall in Bloomington. All three wore stickers reading "No Confidence," referring to faculty members' vote of no confidence in Whitten, the provost and the vice provost for faculty and academic affairs on April 16, 2024.