2022 NYU SPS Undergraduate Convocation Ceremony - Hammerstein Ballroom 10:30 a.m., May 20, 2022

Three friends pose outside the Manhattan Center, Hammerstein Ballroom prior to the start of the 2022 NYU SPS Undergraduate Convocation ceremony.

A beaming student holds a beautiful bouquet of flowers presented to her by her proud family.

A group of graduating students pose in front of the Manhattan Center Hammerstein Ballroom prior to the start of the Undergraduate Convocation ceremony.

April Cardena (l), who graduated with a BA in Social Sciences, shares a joyful moment with a friend.

Proud parents surround this happy graduating student, joining thousands of family members and friends who made their way to the Manhattan Center to cheer on the graduates.

Maya Kwok (l), who was the Undergraduate Convocation student speaker and who served as the NYU SPS Undergraduate student council president, waits in line with a friend prior to the ceremony.

The mortarboard of the graduating student on the left reads, “The force is strong with this grad,”— a testament to the education she received at NYU SPS!

Graduating students prepare to enter the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City for the 2022 NYU SPS Undergraduate Convocation ceremony on Friday, May 20.

Family and friends join graduating students for the festive Undergraduate Convocation Center in the magnificent Hammerstein Ballroom.

NYU SPS faculty & admins. Billie Gastic Rosado (DAUS); Brian Schwagerl (Schack); Angie Kamath, dean; Dave Hollander (Tisch Institute); Bruno Eeckels (Tisch Center); & Martin Ihrig (DPB), w/ Maya Kwok.

NYU SPS Dean Angie Kamath (l) and Undergraduate Convocation speaker Crystal Williams ‘98, president of Rhode Island School of Design, prepare to address the graduating class.

Undergraduate Convocation Speaker Crystal Williams ‘98, president of Rhode Island School of Design, is greeted by NYU President Andrew Hamilton as Dean Kamath looks on.

NYU President Andrew Hamilton, Crystal Williams ‘98, president of Rhode Island School of Design and the Convocation speaker, and NYU SPS Dean Angie Kamath share smiles before the Convocation ceremony.

NYU SPS Dean Angie Kamath brings up the rear of the processional before stepping onto the stage at the Hammerstein Ballroom to address graduating students.

A graduating student celebrates on stage at the NYU SPS 2022 Convocation, as Billie Gastic Rosado, associate dean of the Division of Applied Undergraduate Studies (standing left), looks on.

During the NYU SPS Undergraduate Convocation ceremony, NYU SPS Dean Angie Kamath welcomed graduating students, family members, & friends, and discussed how they have helped grads reach their goals.

NYU President Andrew Hamilton addresses members of the NYU SPS Undergraduate Class of 2022 on their tremendous accomplishment in earning an NYU degree during such challenging times.

Maya Kwok, NYU SPS Undergraduate Student Council president, addressed graduating students, sharing anecdotes from her life experience and her time at NYU SPS, and saluting the Class of 2022.

Crystal Williams, president of Rhode Island School of Design and proud NYU SPS graduate, delivered a Convocation Speech that urged grads to be “bound with a sense of curiosity and wonder.”

Bruno Eeckels, clinical associate professor at the Jonathan M. Tisch Center of Hospitality, congratulates a Tisch Center graduate on stage during the Convocation ceremony.

Dave Hollander, clinical associate professor at the Preston Robert Tisch Institute for Global Sport, embraces one of the program’s graduates on stage.