Under gray skies, the University of Redlands kicked off the Inland Empire’s 2025 graduation season Friday, April 25.
University of Redlands graduates flip their tassels Friday, April 25, 2025, during commencement. (Photo by Anjali Sharif-Paul, The Sun/SCNG)
University of Redlands President Krista L. Newkirk welcomes graduates to the Friday, April 25, 2025, commencement. (Photo by Anjali Sharif-Paul, The Sun/SCNG)
University of Redlands graduates walk toward their Friday, April 25, 2025 commencement. (Photo by Anjali Sharif-Paul, The Sun/SCNG)
University of Redlands graduate Breanna Naylor celebrates Friday, April 25, 2025, during commencement. (Photo by Anjali Sharif-Paul, The Sun/SCNG)
University of Redlands graduate Camryn Master sings “Imagine” by John Lennon during the Friday, April 25, 2025, commencement. (Photo by Anjali Sharif-Paul, The Sun/SCNG)
University of Redlands graduates Lucas Hill, right, and Justin Gale are seen Friday, April 25, 2025, during commencement. (Photo by Anjali Sharif-Paul, The Sun/SCNG)
University of Redlands graduates celebrate during their Friday, April 25, 2025, commencement. (Photo by Anjali Sharif-Paul, The Sun/SCNG)
University of Redlands basketball teammates and friends pose Friday, April 25, 2025, after walking off stage during graduation. From left are: Nathaniel Johnson, Chozen Amadi, Cameron Joseph and Kendrick Currey. (Photo by Anjali Sharif-Paul, The Sun/SCNG)
Student commencement ceremony speaker Gaby Herrera speaks to fellow University of Redlands graduates Friday, April 25, 2025. (Photo by Anjali Sharif-Paul, The Sun/SCNG)
University of Redlands graduates hold hands Friday, April 25, 2025, during graduation. (Photo by Anjali Sharif-Paul, The Sun/SCNG)
A Jordanian family celebrates University of Redlands graduate Celine Jasmine Akroush, who is lifted by her uncle Feras Akroush after the Friday, April 25, 2025, graduation ceremony. (Photo by Anjali Sharif-Paul, The Sun/SCNG)
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University of Redlands graduates flip their tassels Friday, April 25, 2025, during commencement. (Photo by Anjali Sharif-Paul, The Sun/SCNG)
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The private university bid farewell to approximately 487 undergraduates in a morning ceremony inside the campus’ Ted Runner Stadium. About 511 were set to walk during an evening commencement.
Angel Blue, an opera singer who graduated from the university in 2005, gave the commencement address Friday morning. Because of her schedule, those remarks came in a pre-recorded message, but Professor Emeritus Ben Dillow accepted an honorary doctor of humane letters on her behalf.
Steven Jones, a 2000 University of Redlands graduate who is now global chairman and CEO of Allied Universal, is set to give the commencement speech at the graduate ceremony. He too will receive an honorary doctor of humane letters.
Universities, colleges and high schools across the Inland Empire will soon begin graduations. California Baptist University in Riverside is set to start its commencements Monday.
