See highlights from UK's December 2023 Commencement Ceremonies
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Dec. 18, 2023) — The University of Kentucky closed out the Fall 2023 semester last Friday, celebrating with more than 1,300 graduates who participated in the December 2023 Commencement Ceremonies.
Overall, 2,000 December 2023 degree candidates were conferred by the UK Board of Trustees earlier this month. This includes 1,321 undergraduate, 665 graduate and 14 professional degree candidates.*
Both of Friday's ceremonies were livestreamed on UK’s YouTube channel.
Deidra White, a 2022 graduate and current UK Master of Fine Arts student, delivered a spoken word piece titled “Here in Kentucky” during the formal remarks of each ceremony. Watch a recording of the piece here.
You can also check out photos taken by UK photographers by clicking on this gallery link.
For more information about UK Commencement, visit http://commencement.uky.edu/.
*These numbers reflect degree candidates, not individual graduates (some graduates earn more than one degree, thereby being counted as a degree candidate multiple times). Degrees will be certified by the UK registrar, ensuring individuals have satisfactorily completed all requirements. The most up-to-date information is available through UK and Institutional Research, Analytics and Decision Support.
As the state’s flagship, land-grant institution, the University of Kentucky exists to advance the Commonwealth. We do that by preparing the next generation of leaders — placing students at the heart of everything we do — and transforming the lives of Kentuckians through education, research and creative work, service and health care. We pride ourselves on being a catalyst for breakthroughs and a force for healing, a place where ingenuity unfolds. It's all made possible by our people — visionaries, disruptors and pioneers — who make up 200 academic programs, a $476.5 million research and development enterprise and a world-class medical center, all on one campus.
In 2022, UK was ranked by Forbes as one of the “Best Employers for New Grads” and named a “Diversity Champion” by INSIGHT into Diversity, a testament to our commitment to advance Kentucky and create a community of belonging for everyone. While our mission looks different in many ways than it did in 1865, the vision of service to our Commonwealth and the world remains the same. We are the University for Kentucky.