Go Big Grad | May 2026 Graduate Commencement Ceremony

· May 11, 2026

The University of Nebraska–Lincoln conferred a record 3,885 degrees during commencement exercises May 8-9. The 3,762 graduates — also a record — are from 61 countries; 46 U.S. states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico; and 230-plus Nebraska communities. https://news.unl.edu/article/husker-graduates-encouraged-to-lead-with-purpose-uplift-others VISUAL DESCRIPTION As a pianist plays Pomp and Circumstance, hundreds of graduate students enter the Pinnacle Bank Arena. The students wear black robes, different colored sashes and mortar boards. They sit in long rows of chairs on the main floor…