![A member of the Fall Class of 2023 is embraced by her dean at the Karamu ceremony A member of the Fall Class of 2023 is embraced by her dean at the Karamu ceremony](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/fixed_width_1200/public/20231214_BC_Karamu_237-2.jpg?VersionId=V_JxluK18iJdgp0HSSG6QnVwZFRLs7i3&itok=AmHK6CRO)
As part of the Karamu Ya Wahitimu/Celebraci贸n De Los Graduados pre-commencement ceremony, presented by the E.Timothy Moore Student Multicultural Center, graduating students are recognized and bestowed with a cultural stole by a faculty member in their respective college.
![President Diacon welcomes students at the Karamu ceremony as they line up to walk the stage. President Diacon welcomes students at the Karamu ceremony as they line up to walk the stage.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/fixed_width_1200/public/20231214_BC_Karamu_224-Enhanced-NR.jpg?VersionId=E_yBPhLqHlDuzV7r_lcSFEUsTiXFmNZz&itok=IHAqFX5T)
This pre-commencement celebration and final Rites of Passage is graduation ceremony to celebrate the accomplishments of all graduating African American, Native American, Latinx, Hispanic and Multiracial undergraduate and graduate students. The ceremony took place in the Kent Student Center Ballroom.
![A student confidently walks the stage at the Karamu pre-commencement ceremony. A student confidently walks the stage at the Karamu pre-commencement ceremony.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/fixed_width_1200/public/20231214_BC_Karamu_255.jpg?VersionId=fnjQ4wNby4KtPQ_ykxqe6epIoyuHHGDc&itok=cHcyMMMH)
![President Diacon, deans, directors and administrators celebrate the members of the Fall Class of 2023 at the Karamu pre-commencement ceremony President Diacon, deans, directors and administrators celebrate the members of the Fall Class of 2023 at the Karamu pre-commencement ceremony](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/fixed_width_1200/public/20231214_BC_Karamu_020.jpg?VersionId=Ft7bPMvH8LNy5raZxlSK_MStyZqGALyE&itok=ZYdwF9m9)
Photos by Bob Christy, senior photography coordinator, University Communications and Marketing
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