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BOSTON—Yesterday the Harvard Business School (HBS) recognized and honored the Class of 2021 with online livestreamed Class Day celebrations and graduation ceremonies. Thousands of graduating students and their loved ones tuned in from around the globe—from India, Nigeria, the UK, China, Mexico, and more, with the largest concentration in our very own Harvard backyards of Cambridge and Boston.
The livestream featured Class Day speakers, Harvard University’s Degree Conferral Ceremony, and Dean Srikant Datar’s graduation address. After Dean Datar’s address, 787 graduates and their families and guests joined separate livestreams for their diploma ceremonies.
The morning’s student-led Class Day Celebration, hosted by the Class of 2021 Student Association (SA) Class Day Committee Co-chairs Abby Burcham and Ryan Flamerich, featured speeches by MBA SA Class Presidents Caleb Bradford and Annie Plachta; 2021 Class Day Student Speaker Sara McLoughlin Figel; and Distinguished Speaker Doug McMillon, CEO of Walmart; and honored five Faculty Teaching Awards recipients.