Commencement Season

Clues in this puzzle

Across

• Airborne celebration that concludes the event (4)
• Academic grounds the graduates are departing (6)
• It might start with 'As we look to the future...' (6)
• Square-topped symbol of scholarly achievement (11)
• Word following magna or summa (5)
• Elevated platform for a brief, highly-photographed walk (5)
• Culminating research project for many a master's candidate (6)

Down

• Class member experiencing their final days of undergrad (6)
• The formal conferral event (8)
• Ribbon-tied stand-in for the actual sheepskin (6)
• Velvet-trimmed academic garment denoting the field of study (4)
• Association members who get hit up for donations (6)
• What you might get in the third... or after four years (6)
• Academic leader heading a specific college (4)

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