As graduates turned their tassels, the sun peeked out after hours of mist and light rain.
On Sunday 3,783 bachelor's recipients were among the 29,000 people who sat through the frequent showers for Commencement.
The ceremony was shortened due to the inclement weather. Chancellor Carol Folt joked that she cut her 40 minute closing remarks to four main points.
"You're at the best university in the world. You can change the world, follow your dreams and you share this day with many people," she said.
More than 600 of the graduates were first generation college students.
"All of the opportunities both inside and outside the classroom that we can take advantage of have prepared us for anything in the world that we might want to tackle," Shakeia Burgin, a first-generation graduate, said.
"Everyone is so passionate about things they have done at Carolina and passionate about continuing those things. All of that combined has prepared us for whatever we might face in the future."
Class of 2015 President Sasha Seymore and Vice President Alexis White said that despite trying to avoid cliches in their speech, they found most of the cliches about graduation to be true for UNC graduates.
Seymore and White assured the graduates that UNC is the best university not just because of its academics but because of the community.
