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College of Health, Education and Professional Studies Dean Valerie Rutledge, left, and Dr. Chris Smith place the doctoral hood over the head of Rachel Nall\u2014signifying her success in completing the graduate program\u2014during Dec. 16 Graduate Commencement.<\/p><\/div>\n

Photo gallery from Saturday, Dec. 17<\/h4>\n
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Caleb, Chauncey and Chris Figures stand before the undergraduate commencement, Saturday, Dec. 17, 2022 in McKenzie Arena. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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Second Undergraduate commencement, Saturday, Dec. 17, 2022 in McKenzie Arena. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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Undergraduate commencement, Saturday, Dec. 17, 2022 in McKenzie Arena. <\/div> <\/div>
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Undergraduate commencement, Saturday, Dec. 17, 2022 in McKenzie Arena. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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Second Undergraduate commencement, Saturday, Dec. 17, 2022 in McKenzie Arena. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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Second Undergraduate commencement, Saturday, Dec. 17, 2022 in McKenzie Arena. <\/div> <\/div>
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Undergraduate commencement, Saturday, Dec. 17, 2022 in McKenzie Arena. <\/div> <\/div>
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Undergraduate commencement, Saturday, Dec. 17, 2022 in McKenzie Arena. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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Second Undergraduate commencement, Saturday, Dec. 17, 2022 in McKenzie Arena. <\/div> <\/div>
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Undergraduate commencement, Saturday, Dec. 17, 2022 in McKenzie Arena. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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Undergraduate commencement, Saturday, Dec. 17, 2022 in McKenzie Arena. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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Undergraduate commencement, Saturday, Dec. 17, 2022 in McKenzie Arena. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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Undergraduate commencement, Saturday, Dec. 17, 2022 in McKenzie Arena. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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Second Undergraduate commencement, Saturday, Dec. 17, 2022 in McKenzie Arena. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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Undergraduate commencement, Saturday, Dec. 17, 2022 in McKenzie Arena. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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Undergraduate commencement, Saturday, Dec. 17, 2022 in McKenzie Arena. <\/div> <\/div>
\"Students <\/a>
Students throw their caps in the air at the end of the first of two University of Tennessee at Chattanooga undergraduate commencement ceremonies on Saturday, Dec. 17, 2022 in McKenzie Arena. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Undergraduate <\/a>
Undergraduate commencement, Saturday, Dec. 17, 2022 in McKenzie Arena. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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Second Undergraduate commencement, Saturday, Dec. 17, 2022 in McKenzie Arena. <\/div> <\/div>
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Second Undergraduate commencement, Saturday, Dec. 17, 2022 in McKenzie Arena. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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Second Undergraduate commencement, Saturday, Dec. 17, 2022 in McKenzie Arena. <\/div> <\/div>
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Second Undergraduate commencement, Saturday, Dec. 17, 2022 in McKenzie Arena. <\/div> <\/div>
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Second Undergraduate commencement, Saturday, Dec. 17, 2022 in McKenzie Arena. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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Second Undergraduate commencement, Saturday, Dec. 17, 2022 in McKenzie Arena. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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Second Undergraduate commencement, Saturday, Dec. 17, 2022 in McKenzie Arena. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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Second Undergraduate commencement, Saturday, Dec. 17, 2022 in McKenzie Arena. <\/div> <\/div>
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Undergraduate commencement, Saturday, Dec. 17, 2022 in McKenzie Arena. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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Second Undergraduate commencement, Saturday, Dec. 17, 2022 in McKenzie Arena. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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Undergraduate commencement, Saturday, Dec. 17, 2022 in McKenzie Arena. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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Undergraduate commencement, Saturday, Dec. 17, 2022 in McKenzie Arena. <\/div> <\/div>
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Second Undergraduate commencement, Saturday, Dec. 17, 2022 in McKenzie Arena. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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Undergraduate commencement, Saturday, Dec. 17, 2022 in McKenzie Arena. <\/div> <\/div>
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Second Undergraduate commencement, Saturday, Dec. 17, 2022 in McKenzie Arena. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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Undergraduate commencement, Saturday, Dec. 17, 2022 in McKenzie Arena. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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Second Undergraduate commencement, Saturday, Dec. 17, 2022 in McKenzie Arena. <\/div> <\/div>
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Second Undergraduate commencement, Saturday, Dec. 17, 2022 in McKenzie Arena. <\/div> <\/div>
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Undergraduate commencement, Saturday, Dec. 17, 2022 in McKenzie Arena. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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Undergraduate commencement, Saturday, Dec. 17, 2022 in McKenzie Arena. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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Undergraduate commencement, Saturday, Dec. 17, 2022 in McKenzie Arena. <\/div> <\/div>
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Undergraduate commencement, Saturday, Dec. 17, 2022 in McKenzie Arena. <\/div> <\/div>
\"Students <\/a>
Students listen to speaker Michelle Deardorff during the first of two University of Tennessee at Chattanooga undergraduate commencement ceremonies on Saturday, Dec. 17, 2022 in McKenzie Arena. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Undergraduate <\/a>
Undergraduate commencement, Saturday, Dec. 17, 2022 in McKenzie Arena. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Aspen <\/a>
Aspen Freeman waves at family before the first of two University of Tennessee at Chattanooga undergraduate commencement ceremonies on Saturday, Dec. 17, 2022 in McKenzie Arena. Caleb Figgures, not pictured, complete the trio. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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Second Undergraduate commencement, Saturday, Dec. 17, 2022 in McKenzie Arena. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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Undergraduate commencement, Saturday, Dec. 17, 2022 in McKenzie Arena. <\/div> <\/div>
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Undergraduate commencement, Saturday, Dec. 17, 2022 in McKenzie Arena. <\/div> <\/div>
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Second Undergraduate commencement, Saturday, Dec. 17, 2022 in McKenzie Arena. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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Undergraduate commencement, Saturday, Dec. 17, 2022 in McKenzie Arena. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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Second Undergraduate commencement, Saturday, Dec. 17, 2022 in McKenzie Arena. <\/div> <\/div>
\"Deans <\/a>
Deans Pamela Riggs-Gelasco left, and Daniel Pack watch as engineering student Reggie Marshall dances across the stage during the first of two University of Tennessee at Chattanooga undergraduate commencement ceremonies on Saturday, Dec. 17, 2022 in McKenzie Arena. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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Second Undergraduate commencement, Saturday, Dec. 17, 2022 in McKenzie Arena. <\/div> <\/div>
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Undergraduate commencement, Saturday, Dec. 17, 2022 in McKenzie Arena. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Chauncey, <\/a>
Chauncey, right, and Chris Figgures, two of a set of triplets, point to family members while exiting the stage at the first of two University of Tennessee at Chattanooga undergraduate commencement ceremonies on Saturday, Dec. 17, 2022 in McKenzie Arena. Caleb Figgures, not pictured, complete the trio. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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Second Undergraduate commencement, Saturday, Dec. 17, 2022 in McKenzie Arena. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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Undergraduate commencement, Saturday, Dec. 17, 2022 in McKenzie Arena. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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Undergraduate commencement, Saturday, Dec. 17, 2022 in McKenzie Arena. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n

Photo gallery from Friday, Dec. 16<\/h4>\n
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Graduate commencement, Friday, Dec. 16, 2022 in McKenzie Arena. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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Graduate commencement, Friday, Dec. 16, 2022 in McKenzie Arena. <\/div> <\/div>
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Graduate commencement, Friday, Dec. 16, 2022 in McKenzie Arena. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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Graduate commencement, Friday, Dec. 16, 2022 in McKenzie Arena. <\/div> <\/div>
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Graduate commencement, Friday, Dec. 16, 2022 in McKenzie Arena. <\/div> <\/div>
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Graduate commencement, Friday, Dec. 16, 2022 in McKenzie Arena. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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Graduate commencement, Friday, Dec. 16, 2022 in McKenzie Arena. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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Graduate commencement, Friday, Dec. 16, 2022 in McKenzie Arena. <\/div> <\/div>
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Graduate commencement, Friday, Dec. 16, 2022 in McKenzie Arena. <\/div> <\/div>
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Graduate commencement, Friday, Dec. 16, 2022 in McKenzie Arena. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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Graduate commencement, Friday, Dec. 16, 2022 in McKenzie Arena. <\/div> <\/div>
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Graduate commencement, Friday, Dec. 16, 2022 in McKenzie Arena. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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Graduate commencement, Friday, Dec. 16, 2022 in McKenzie Arena. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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Graduate commencement, Friday, Dec. 16, 2022 in McKenzie Arena. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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Graduate commencement, Friday, Dec. 16, 2022 in McKenzie Arena. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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Graduate commencement, Friday, Dec. 16, 2022 in McKenzie Arena. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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Graduate commencement, Friday, Dec. 16, 2022 in McKenzie Arena. <\/div> <\/div>
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Graduate commencement, Friday, Dec. 16, 2022 in McKenzie Arena. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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Graduate commencement, Friday, Dec. 16, 2022 in McKenzie Arena. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Fall commencement at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga was celebrated with three separate ceremonies taking place over two days starting Friday, Dec. 16.<\/p>\n

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