Commencement 2024

Mark the Occasion

Gaucho grads, it’s time to celebrate your hard work, resilience, and achievements! Leading up to and on Commencement Weekend, take advantage of these fun ways to mark the occasion online. Share this page with your friends and family, too, so they can celebrate you reaching this milestone!

For Graduates, Family and Friends

There are so many ways to represent #UCSB2023! Celebrate the Class of 2023 — with the sound up, from afar, or in your social feeds.

 

Two friends sit together with iced coffee drinks outside the UCSB Library with the busy Arbor behind them, looking down at one of their phones.

#UCSB2023 Playlist

Make these top-voted songs the soundtrack to your graduation celebrations! Brought to you by UCSB First.

Listen now.

 

A photo of a phone with a picture of a student wearing a cap and gown with GIPHY stickers placed on top that read UCSB2023 and Gaucho Grad

GIPHY Stickers

Your #UCSB2023 Instagram stories aren’t complete without a fun UCSB sticker! We’ve designed a few just for the Class of 2023.

Browse stickers.

 

A UC Santa Barbara graduate wearing a cap, gown, and stole stands on campus looking at Storke Tower in the distance.

Graduate Spotlights

Memories, messages of thanks, and words of wisdom from some of this year’s graduates. Grab a tissue and get reading.

View spotlights.

 

Four Years Later

What can change in four years? A lot! In 2019, we interviewed a group of incoming UC Santa Barbara students about their hopes and ambitions for their college experience. We recently met with them again to re-watch their interviews and reflect on their time at UCSB.