Behind the scenes

Photos by Paula Burch-Celentano pburch@tulane.edu
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Mighty are the preparations for a Tulane commencement.

Sarah Sun, 3, waits patiently outside the Mercedes-Benz Superdome as her mother, Lydia Huang, helps her father, Shengjun Sun, with his hood and robe. Sun received his MBA on Saturday (May 16) at Tulane University Commencement.

Mighty are the preparations for a Tulane commencement.

Vance Woolf and Stephen Orejudos fit in a short rehearsal before taking their places on stage to sound their herald trumpets, officially beginning the 2015 Tulane Commencement ceremony.

Mighty are the preparations for a Tulane commencement.

In the platform party robing room, university photographer Sally Asher prepares to photograph a group including, from left, honorary degree recipients Walter Mosley and Onora O"Neill, Tulane President Mike Fitts, Commencement speaker Maya Rudolph and honorary degree recipient Hein Kötz.

Mighty are the preparations for a Tulane commencement.

Family and friends move quickly through the halls of the Mercedes-Benz Superdome to find seats for the Commencement celebration.

Mighty are the preparations for a Tulane commencement.

Provost Michael Bernstein helps honorary degree recipient Walter Mosley with the zipper on his Commencement regalia.