🎓 Celebrating our esteemed graduates and Columbia's 269th academic year, President Lee C. Bollinger marked his last Commencement and conferred an honorary Doctor of Laws degree on President-Designate Minouche Shafik, a tradition for any incoming president. We thank President Bollinger for his 21 years of unwavering leadership, vision, and service as we embrace President-Designate Shafik, who officially begins July 1. ✨ Cheers to our #Columbia2023 graduates, leaders, faculty, staff, families, and friends! 🎉 📷 #ColumbiaPhotoOfTheWeek by Eileen Barroso #ColumbiaUniversity Learn more about President Bollinger's years at Columbia in our bio link.