From powerful words to proud walks across the stage, Gallaudet's 2025 Commencement was a celebration of perseverance, growth, and community. Watch the moments that marked the end of one chapter -- and the beginning of countless others. 💙🦬💛

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Video Description: Video opens with a graduate signing, “Finally made it!”

B-roll footage of students walking and posing outdoors in caps and gowns is shown.

Camera pans to Evon Black holding a photo and signing “Honor!”
View shifts to pre-commencement ceremonies indoors: Teachers filing on stage, graduates taking their seats, drummers beating their drums, members of the audience waving.

Aubrie Bauer, undergraduate student commencement speaker, appears on stage signing “Love. Curiosity.”

President Cordano signs “Beauty of growth.”
Lu Ming, graduate student commencement speaker, signs “World’s champ university use sign language!”

Students who signed the pledge of allegiance and the Bison Song are shown.

Graduates walking on stage accepting their diplomas are shown.

Carol Padden, graduate keynote speaker, signs “Gallaudet has a role. Wow.”

Tom Humphries, undergraduate keynote speaker, signs “Build.”

A montage of festively decorated graduation caps is shown.

Robert Weinstock, Alumni Association President, signs “You’re connected to our alumni family.”

Text comes on screen reading “Congratulations Class of 2025” overlapping smiling graduates posing with their family. The photo fades, replaced by logos of Tower Clock and a world map. The GU logo is visible in the D.C. location with yellow lines indicating the global impact of graduates.