View a gallery of images from Sunday’s 2011 Commencement at Memorial Stadium.

photo by: Nick Krug

Spectators watch as Kathryn Crumb, Blaire, Nebraska, back, and Kirin Arnold, Lawrence, go airborne for a chest bump in the endzone of Kivisto Field in the fashion of the KU football team, during the 2011 Commencement at Memorial Stadium on Sunday, May 22, 2011.

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Boyfriend and girlfriend Kendall Roper, Caney, Kan., and Brittany Belford, Leavenworth, Kan., center, show their excitement as they walk across Kivisto Field during the 2011 Commencement at Memorial Stadium on Sunday, May 22, 2011.

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Angelique McNaughton, Topeka, strikes a pose on the football field for Travis Walsh, Lawrence, as the two relish the excitement of graduation day during the 2011 Commencement at Memorial Stadium on Sunday, May 22, 2011.

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One such graduate decorated her cap with a special message for mom and dad.

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Erin Sargent, Madison, Alabama, left, and Rachelle Pauly, Greensburg, Kan. wave to the video cameras broadcasting a feed of the walk down the hill to the big screen at Kivisto Field during the 2011 Commencement on Sunday, May 22, 2011.

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Kayla Dill, Omaha, carries a bright green arrow to help distinguish herself from the crowd during the 2011 commencement at Memorial Stadium on Sunday, May 22, 2011.

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Kansas University faculty members lead the class of 2011 down the hill for the commencement at Memorial Stadium on Sunday, May 22, 2011.

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Medical school graduates Faith Butler, left, Brooke Jones and Voytek Slowik, holding his infant son Xander Slowik, come together for a photograph by Slowik's wife, Kaitlin Slowik during the 2011 Commencement at Memorial Stadium on Sunday, May 22, 2011.

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A smiley-face balloon waits with the soon-to-be graduates within the bowl of Kivisto Field during the 2011 commencement at Memorial Stadium on Sunday, May 22, 2011.

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Katie Law, Hutchinson, smiles as she peeks at her phone during the 2011 Commencement at Memorial Stadium on Sunday, May 22, 2011.

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Kansas University Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little addresses the graduates during the 2011 Commencement at Memorial Stadium on Sunday, May 22, 2011.

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Friends Paige Ruby, Overland Park, wearing Baby Jay's shoes, Gretchen Siebert, Eden Prairie, Minnesota, left, and Erin Soe, Eden Prairie, Minnesota, have a laugh as they shoot photographs of themselves with their phones during the 2011 Commencement at Memorial Stadium on Sunday, May 22, 2011.

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Students in the School of Engineering celebrate upon the conferral of their class degree during the 2011 Commencement at Memorial Stadium on Sunday, May 22, 2011.

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Graduates toss their caps after the conferral of degrees during the 2011 commencement at Memorial Stadium on Sunday, May 22, 2011.

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Kansas University graduates come together arm in arm for the Alma Mater following the conferral of degrees during the 2011 Commencement at Memorial Stadium on Sunday, May 22, 2011.