Snapshots

Mayra Carrillo, with a small child on screen, thanked her parents, husband, “and everyone else,” then blew a kiss into the camera.

Ernestine Chaco, from her home in New Mexico, appeared in front of a background completely covered with photos of people important in her life.

Estelle Dolan’s mom and wife were so excited during the hooding that they accidentally bumped the cap off Dolan’s head.

Colton Soudan, with a U.S. flag covering a plain white wall, thanked his hometown, Oroville, about 90 minutes north of Sacramento.

Someone on Walid Sherif’s microphone was heard shouting, “My brother’s a doctor, wooooo!”

Speaking in Spanish, Angelica Juarez saluted her “familia en Guatemala.

Young Il Kang greeted his parents in the Philippines, where it was 3 a.m.

By the numbers

School of Medicine virtual commencement ceremony video:

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