Mount Notre Dame held its Commencement Exercises for the 163rd Graduating Class – the Class of 2023 – on Tuesday, May 30 at Xavier University’s Cintas Center. Members of the Class of 2023 reported more than $24 million in scholarships and grants.

The following awards and medals were presented to members of the senior class:

• Julie Billiart Christian Leadership Award – Colleen McKenna
• Medal for Academic Excellence (Valedictorian) – Elizabeth Mansfield
• Excellence in English – Christina Henning
• Excellence in French – Maria Luffy
• Excellence in Information Technology & Business – Alyssa Hudie
• Excellence in Latin – Maria Kilgore and Isabella Biernat
• Excellence in Mathematics – Elizabeth Mansfield
• Excellence in Performing Arts – Daphne Laufersweiler
• Excellence in Religious Studies – Carrington Jackson
• Excellence in Science – Tara Konkoly
• Excellence in Social Studies – Sadie Wiwi
• Excellence in Spanish – Sophia Madden and Maria Bevilacqua
• Excellence in Visual Arts – Kelly Ernst