Answer:

GRAD

Answer	Crossword Clue
GRAD	Cap-and-gown wearer
GRAD	Homecoming comer
GRAD	Common suffix in Russian place names

GRAD	After Lenin or Stalin
GRAD	Alum
GRAD	New alum
GRAD	Alumnus, for short
GRAD	Diploma holder
GRAD	Gown wearer
GRAD	Diploma owner
GRAD	Diploma earner

GRAD	Holder of a diploma
GRAD	Alumnus
GRAD	Mortarboard wearer
GRAD	Tassel turner
GRAD	Homecoming visitor, often
GRAD	Sheepskin bearer
GRAD	First-time tux wearer, maybe
GRAD	Last yr.'s senior

GRAD	Jubilant cap tosser
GRAD	Scholarship drive donor
GRAD	.. school
GRAD	One with a degree
GRAD	Degree holder
GRAD	Mortarboard sporter
GRAD	Reunion attender
GRAD	Cap and gown wearer

GRAD	Mortarboard tosser
GRAD	Sheepskin receiver
GRAD	Class reunion attendee, briefly
GRAD	Frosh in four years
GRAD	Diploma holder, informally
GRAD	Certain cap wearer
GRAD	Commencement VIP
GRAD	June celebrant, often

GRAD	Sheepskin recipient
GRAD	Common Russian place name suffix
GRAD	Reunion goer
GRAD	Diploma recipient
GRAD	June honoree, for short