University of Pittsburgh hosts 2022 commencement

University of Pittsburgh holds commencement

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The University of Pittsburgh Class of 2022 are now college graduates.

2,200 graduates walked across the stage at the Peterson Event Center to get their diplomas on Sunday before a crowd of about 10,000.

Former Buffalo Bills running back and Pitt alum Louis Riddick was the keynote speaker.

On Saturday, Pitt hosted a graduation ceremony for the class of 2020.

The class of 2020 was deprived of a ceremony because of the pandemic and 280 graduates made the walk across the stage.

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Patrick Damp is a web producer for CBS Pittsburgh. A Pittsburgh native who grew up watching KDKA-TV, Patrick studied journalism at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. After half a decade in sports communication, Patrick decided to pursue his dream of working in journalism in his hometown and joined the CBS Pittsburgh team in 2019.