ASU commencement caps off end of year for graduating students By Lisa Robbins | December 18, 2013 Peri Gibson (left) and professor Aliria Munoz (right) hug before the College of Nursing & Health Innovation convocation at the Phoenix Convention Center, Dec. 16. Graduates walk to the Phoenix Convention Center for the College of Nursing & Health Innovation convocation. Dean Marlene Tromp speaks at the New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences convocation. Parents and graduates attend the New College convocation, held at the ASU West campus. Doctoral graduates receive recognition during the Graduate Commencement at Wells Fargo Arena, Dec. 17. Student Regent Kaitlin Thompson speaks to graduates during Graduate Commencement. Elizabeth Curran-Sejkora is hooded by James Blasingame, associate professor of English, during Graduate Commencement. Master's graduates from the Del E. Webb School of Construction line up to walk across the stage at Graduate Commencement. Graduates leave Wells Fargo Arena after the Graduate Commencement. Cadets take the Oath of Commissioning as part of the Army ROTC Commissioning Ceremony, Dec. 17. The newly commissioned 2nd lieutenants will begin their tours of duty after graduation. Will Sutton (center) smiles at friends and family during the processional of the Black and African Convocation, Dec. 17. Professor Neal Lester speaks at the Black and African Convocation, held at the Memorial Union on the Tempe campus. Mahogany Cherry (third from left) watches during the Black and African Convocation. Native American graduates take their seats at the start of the American Indian Convocation, Dec. 17. David Tsosie leads the invocation for the American Indian Convocation. Tsosie received his doctoral degree earlier that day. Graduates show off their individuality by decorating their mortarboard at the Undergraduate Commencement. ASU President Michael Crow speaks to graduates at the Undergraduate Commencement, Dec. 18, at Wells Fargo Arena. Jared Doles stands to be recognized as an outstanding member of the class of 2013. Doles has been lauded for his leadership at ASU and in the community during his student career. Arizona Regent Greg Patterson speaks to the class of 2013 at Undergraduate Commencement. Mouer award recipient Alexandria Viramontes walks across the stage to shake hands with ASU President Michael Crow and receive her diploma. Mouer Award recipients (left to right) Jay Ryan, Tyler Smith, Alexandria Viramontes, Yonathan Vivas and Cheryl Zinkan celebrate after moving their tassels to signify they graduated. The class of 2013 celebrates their graduation with the balloon drop at the end of Undergraduate Commencement. After being chosen by her classmates for the honor, Natali Segovia delivered the student speech during the fall convocation for the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law on ASU's Tempe campus. Arizona Senator Jon Kyl delivered the convocation address at the fall convocation for the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law on ASU's Tempe campus, Dec. 19. Despite bending down, placing the doctoral hood on Bradley Alan Scott was a challenge for law professor Jennifer Barnes during the College of Law's fall convocation.