Celebrating Stanford: Baccalaureate
The Office for Religious & Spiritual Life celebrates life’s big moments at Stanford by hosting our University's annual Baccalaureate celebration.
Baccalaureate (pronounced “bak-uh-lawr-ee-it”) at Stanford is a celebratory gathering for graduating seniors, graduate students, and professional students, as well as their families and friends. This gathering is part of Commencement weekend and is a bookend to the Opening Convocation held four years earlier.
2024 Baccalaureate celebration
Class of 2024 Baccalaureate
Saturday, June 15, 2024 | 10:00 AM
Frost Amphitheater
The Office for Religious & Spiritual Life celebrates life’s big moments at Stanford by hosting the University's annual Baccalaureate celebration. It is a time to acknowledge the spiritual contribution to the education of the whole person. The celebration will feature a keynote speaker, reflections and readings from graduating students and performances by Talisman and Taiko.

Baccalaureate Keynote Speaker
Varun Soni, dean of religious and spiritual life at the University of Southern California, will be the keynote speaker for Stanford's 2024 Baccalaureate celebration. (Image credit: Daniel Park)

Hannah Oo, Biology, '24
Hannah Oo, from Battle Creek, MI, is graduating with a B.S. in Biology (Biochemistry/Biophysics track, with Honors) and minors in Creative Writing (Prose Track) and Spanish. At Stanford, she continued her passion of figure skating through Stanford Club Figure Skating, and she worked in Laura Dassama's lab (ChEM-H) studying bacterial sterol transport proteins. Hannah served as Co-President of Stanford Myanmar Student Association and Undergraduate Coordinator for Stanford Vaccine Crew. She also volunteered with Dialekt language tutoring and served as Engagement Officer for Stanford Club Sports Executive Council. After graduation, Hannah will be working as a clinical research coordinator at UCSF before matriculating into medical school to fulfill her dream of becoming a doctor. In the meantime, she is grateful for the dreams she has fulfilled at Stanford. These include a quarter abroad in Madrid, residency with her best friends in the beautiful Jerry House during her senior year, and study sessions at Arrilaga Family Dining Commons where, 'the coffee is free and the vibes are good.'