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Photos: Best graduation caps in the metro area

Photos: Best graduation caps in the metro area

A decorated mortarboard on one of the graduates. Clark Atlanta University spring 2014 commencement held at the Clark Atlanta University Panther Stadium Monday, May 19, 2014. The keynote speaker was award-winning journalist and TV personality, T.J. Holmes. Over 700 graduates received degrees Monday. KENT D. JOHNSON/KDJOHNSON@AJC.COM

Janiene Thiong honors her aunt Dot, a 1962 Spelman graduate who just passed away, while she graduates during the Spelman College 127th Commencement at the Georgia World Congress Center on Sunday, May 18, 2014, in Atlanta. CURTIS COMPTON / CCOMPTON@AJC.COM

Graduates in the Bagwell College of Education, display their decorated mortar boards. Kennesaw State University's spring commencement was held in the Convocation Center, Wednesday, May 14, 2014. Students in the university's Bagwell College of Education, College of the Arts, WellStar College of Health and Human Services, and the University College heard the keynote address from Georgia first lady Sandra Deal. KENT D. JOHNSON/KDJOHNSON@AJC.COM

Graduates Alexandra Keen (left) and Morgan Kardaztke will be teachers in early childhood education. Kennesaw State University's spring commencement was held in the Convocation Center, Wednesday, May 14, 2014. Students in the university's Bagwell College of Education, College of the Arts, WellStar College of Health and Human Services, and the University College heard the keynote address from Georgia first lady Sandra Deal. KENT D. JOHNSON/KDJOHNSON@AJC.COM

Graduates enter the Convocation Center through University faculty members. Kennesaw State University's spring commencement was held in the Convocation Center, Wednesday, May 14, 2014. Students in the university's Bagwell College of Education, College of the Arts, WellStar College of Health and Human Services, and the University College heard the keynote address from Georgia first lady Sandra Deal. KENT D. JOHNSON/KDJOHNSON@AJC.COM

Rebbecca Castle (from left), Jessica Krugman and Naomi Kramer show off their mortarboard artwork before the ceremony. U.S. Rep. and Civil Rights leader John Lewis was the keynote speaker at Emory University's 2014 spring commencement, Emory's 169th. 15,000 people were expected to attend. BOB ANDRES / BANDRES@AJC.COM

A Georgia State University graduate wears a mortarboard reading, "Class President, Self Proclaimed," during the Spring 2014 Commencement at the Georgia Dome Saturday afternoon, May 10, 2014. JASON GETZ / SPECIAL

Georgia State University undergraduate Shawn Simmons, of Harlem, New York, wears a specially designed mortarboard during the Spring 2014 Commencement at the Georgia Dome Saturday afternoon, May 10, 2014. JASON GETZ / SPECIAL

Southern Polytechnic State University's holds its 109th spring commencement on Saturday, May 10, 2014, in Marietta, Ga. David Tulis / AJC Special

Southern Polytechnic State University president Lisa Rossbacher is shown on large monitors as the college holds its 109th spring commencement, which is also the last spring commencement before SPSU merges with Kennesaw State University next year, on Saturday, May 10, 2014, in Marietta, Ga. David Tulis / AJC Special

University of Georgia graduates wear decorated mortar boards during the Georgia 2014 Spring undergraduate commencement at Sanford Stadium in Athens on Friday night, May 9, 2014. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM

University of Georgia graduates wear decorated mortar boards during the Georgia 2014 Spring undergraduate commencement at Sanford Stadium in Athens on Friday night, May 9, 2014. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM

University of Georgia graduates wear decorated mortar boards during the Georgia 2014 Spring undergraduate commencement at Sanford Stadium in Athens on Friday night, May 9, 2014. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM

University of Georgia graduates wear decorated mortar boards during the Georgia 2014 Spring undergraduate commencement at Sanford Stadium in Athens on Friday night, May 9, 2014. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM

University of Georgia graduates Caitlin Avstin (left) and Victoria Illnick wear decorated mortar boards as they wait in the stands before the start of the University of Georgia 2014 Spring undergraduate commencement at Sanford Stadium in Athens on Friday night, May 9, 2014. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM

Georgia Tech undergraduate candidate Cathey Heo, of Suwanee, shows off her LED board ontop of her mortarboard that reads, "BMED 2014 Go Jackets!," before the Bachelor's morning ceremony of Spring 2014 Commencement at the McCamish Pavilion Saturday morning May 3, 2014 in Atlanta, Ga. Heo is graduating with a degree in Biomedical Engineering. (Photo/Jason Getz)

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A decorated mortarboard on one of the graduates. Clark Atlanta University spring 2014 commencement held at the Clark Atlanta University Panther Stadium Monday, May 19, 2014. The keynote speaker was award-winning journalist and TV personality, T.J. Holmes. Over 700 graduates received degrees Monday. KENT D. JOHNSON/KDJOHNSON@AJC.COM

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