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We are excited to welcome a record number of guests to campus to celebrate the Class of 2023. Please have your tickets saved, loaded, and ready to scan to help our event volunteers move all guests into the seating areas as quickly and safely as possible. We encourage you to visit our Commencement Guide, including maps for campus amenities and other resources, while you wait.
Once the general outdoor seating area is filled, guests will be able to watch the ceremony from any of our indoor ceremony viewing locations:
We appreciate everyone’s patience and cooperation as we safely gather to celebrate our graduates. Have a wonderful Commencement Day.
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On the night of Commencement, from sunset until 2:00 a.m. (EDT), the top of New York’s iconic Empire State Building will be lit in blue and white in your honor! Join the rest of New York City as we all celebrate Columbia’s Class of 2023. @empirestatebldg
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