The 2023 Commencement ceremony took place on Sunday, May 28, on the Main Quadrangle, and included remarks by President Elliott and the senior class speaker, Quentin Liren Jeyaretnam ’23. Watch video, see photos, and read news stories below.
Commencement Commencement 2023
Skip to Main ContentAmherst College’s 202nd Commencement:
May 28, 2023
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• Senior Speaker
• Swift Teaching Awards
• Eminent Service Award
• Honorary Degrees
• President Elliott’s Speech
• Procession
President’s 2023 Address
“Advancing a free and just society lies with us all,” said President Michael Elliott in his speech at Commencement 2023.
“Wherever you go from here on out, you are home.”
Jeyaretnam, a military veteran from Singapore who began his Amherst career at age 22, delivered the senior speech at Commencement 2023.
‘No Place, No Person is Too Small to Have a Larger Meaning to the World’
May 28, 2023
At Amherst’s 202nd Commencement on May 28, President Michael A. Elliott urged this year’s graduates and their families and friends to work together to protect rights and freedoms everywhere, and to advance a free and just society.
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2023 Honorees
2023 Commencement Photos
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Senior Assembly 2023
Senior Assembly took place in Johnson Chapel on May 9 and featured addresses by Ernest (E.J.) Terrell Collins Jr. ’23; Maya Roberts ’23; and Edward Melillo, Professor of History and Environmental Studies.