Bellevue College held its 46th annual commencement ceremony on June 14 in Seattle’s KeyArena in front of the largest audience ever, conferring more than 2,600 awards to the Class of 2013.

This marks the first time in school history that it has staged the ceremony at an off-campus location, with an estimated 4,500 people in attendance, a significant increase over last year.

Graduates from Redmond numbered 170, the fourth-highest total of any city in the region.