![A 2024 graduate smiles while looking up at the stage.](/images/Magazine/24Summer/SouthLawn/2024-Commencement-Ceremony-039.jpg)
![Maria Hinojosa and President C. Andrew McGadney smile while Maria receives her honorary degree.](/images/Magazine/24Summer/SouthLawn/Maria-and-Andy-001.jpg)
“So don’t let your fear and anxiety take over you. We are being told to only live in our fear, reject that, mis queridos, y queridas, y queridés. It may be hard, but I believe in you, because you have shown us that you can do this.” —Maria Hinojosa
![A family sits in the crowd during Commencement, holding up signs for their graduating senior.](/images/Magazine/24Summer/SouthLawn/2024-Commencement-Ceremony-005.jpg)
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