Baruch College held its 2023 CommencementCeremony on Tuesday, May 30 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, conferring degreesto 5,795 undergraduate and graduate students from the Marxe School of Publicand International Affairs, the Weissman School of Arts and Sciences, and theZicklin School of Business. Baruch College President S. David Wu  presided over the exercises, and Linda Essig,Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, served as the master ofceremonies. The Class of 2023 includes more than 4,100 undergraduates, over1,600 graduate degree recipients, and four graduates receiving doctoratedegrees. Speakers and honorary degree recipients are Hamdi Ulukaya, Founder andCEO of Chobani and Sam Pollard, Film Director and Screenwriter.