Bellarmine held its 73rd commencement on Saturday, May 9 at Freedom Hall. (Record Photos by Gabrielle Krumpelman) 
Abby Caudill smiled while interacting with a friend ahead of Bellarmine University’s undergraduate commencement. 
Bellarmine undergraduates lined up in their caps and gowns ahead of commencement on May 9. 
Juan Carlos Ramos Laude wore a cap decorated with a Spanish phrase. The English translation reads, “When you see me fly, don’t forget that you were the ones who gave me the wings.” 
Jessica Heberlein smiled in excitement while waiting with fellow graduates for Bellarmine’s undergraduate commencement to begin. 
Graduates processed into Freedom Hall at the beginning of Bellarmine’s commencement. 
A graduate stopped for an embrace while processing into Freedom Hall for Bellarmine’s 73rd commencement. 
Friends and family members cheered the graduates as they processed into Bellarmine’s commencement ceremony. 
Graduates processed into Freedom Hall at the beginning of Bellarmine’s undergraduate commencement.
Bellarmine University conferred 836 degrees during its 73rd commencement ceremonies on May 9.
The university awarded 613 undergraduate degrees at the afternoon ceremony held at Freedom Hall. Undergraduates were addressed by Dr. Aaron Thompson, president of the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education.
Among the undergraduates was Abby Kaufman, who earned a nursing degree. For the ceremony, she created a design of the Sacred Heart of Jesus on her graduation cap using the lids of medicine vials. She will work as an emergency room nurse in Indianapolis following graduation.
The graduate ceremony, held earlier in the morning, was addressed by Rachel Greenberg, First Lady of Louisville and a Bellarmine graduate. At the graduate ceremony, Bellarmine conferred 223 degrees.
