Photo Gallery: Caltech commencement ceremony 2012
Doris Xin, with flowers asnd balloon from her family, received her BS in Computer Science at the California Institute of Technology’s 118th Annual Commencement at the Pasadena campus on Friday, June 15, 2012. (Raul Roa/Staff Photographer)
Soon-to-be grads walks towards California Institute of Technology’s 118th Annual Commencement ceremony at the Pasadena campus on Friday, June 15, 2012. (Raul Roa/Staff Photographer)
Kate Galloway, right, received a Doctor of Philosophy in Chem. Engineering and Biology at California Institute of Technology’s 118th Annual Commencement at the Pasadena campus on Friday, June 15, 2012. (Raul Roa/Staff Photographer)
Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX and Tesla Motors, was commencement speaker at California Institute of Technology’s 118th Annual Commencement at the Pasadena campus on Friday, June 15, 2012. (Raul Roa/Staff Photographer)
Elizabeth Bodine-Baron, left, gets kiss from her husband Josh Baron just before the start of the California Institute of Technology’s 118th Annual Commencement at the Pasadena campus on Friday, June 15, 2012. (Raul Roa/Staff Photographer)
A soon-to-be-grad takes a nap just before the start of California Institute of Technology’s 118th Annual Commencement at the Pasadena campus on Friday, June 15, 2012. (Raul Roa/Staff Photographer)
Monica Malanga, left, hugs her boyfriend Chris Hagel just before the start of the California Institute of Technology’s 118th Annual Commencement at the Pasadena campus on Friday, June 15, 2012. (Raul Roa/Staff Photographer)
Christopher Hallacy, left, and Laura H. Conwill, right, celebrate receiving the Frederic W. Hinrichs, Jr., Memorial Award at California Institute of Technology’s 118th Annual Commencement at the Pasadena campus on Friday, June 15, 2012. (Raul Roa/Staff Photographer)
Jordan Theriot, left, and Nicole Thadani, right, hug just before the start of California Institute of Technology’s 118th Annual Commencement at the Pasadena campus on Friday, June 15, 2012. (Raul Roa/Staff Photographer)
Elizabeth Decolvenaere was ready for her Chemical Engineering degree just before the start of the California Institute of Technology’s 118th Annual Commencement at the Pasadena campus on Friday, June 15, 2012. (Raul Roa/Staff Photographer)
Crowds wait for the graduates to pass by after the California Institute of Technology’s 118th Annual Commencement at the Pasadena campus on Friday, June 15, 2012. (Raul Roa/Staff Photographer)
David Leon received a BS in Physics at California Institute of Technology’s 118th Annual Commencement at the Pasadena campus on Friday, June 15, 2012. (Raul Roa/Staff Photographer)
Stasja Stanisic received a BS in Computer Science at the California Institute of Technology’s 118th Annual Commencement at the Pasadena campus on Friday, June 15, 2012. (Raul Roa/Staff Photographer)
Chi Feng, who got a BS in Physics, poses for a photo just before the start of the California Institute of Technology’s 118th Annual Commencement at the Pasadena campus on Friday, June 15, 2012. (Raul Roa/Staff Photographer)
Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX and Tesla Motors, was commencement speaker at California Institute of Technology’s 118th Annual Commencement at the Pasadena campus on Friday, June 15, 2012. (Raul Roa/Staff Photographer)