Former high school teacher, basketball coach and Jazz season-ticket holder suffered a traumatic brain injury in 2014, but got a big assist from the U’s Commencement 2018 speaker Ben Nemtin, who has made a career of fulfilling “bucket list” dreams, and received roundball treatment fit for an all-star.
Read MoreThe U celebrated the largest graduating class in its history with 8,568 students. If you missed out on the event, take a look at this year’s commencement.
Read MoreBen Nemtin, No. 1 New York Times best-selling author and star of MTV’s “The Buried Life,” gave the keynote address at commencement and provided students with five steps to make the impossible possible.
Read MoreHodan Abdi, a Somali refugee who fled to Ethiopia with her family, spoke to students at commencement about her experience at the U and dream of becoming a doctor.
Read MoreRichard B. Brown, dean of the College of Engineering at the University of Utah, was honored with the U’s highest faculty accolade.
Read MoreGeneral commencement ceremony will be held on Thursday, May 3 with most convocations Friday, May 4.
Read MoreAs the Class of 2018 prepares to celebrate its success, meet a few of the graduates and remember the ones we’ve highlighted over the last few weeks.
Read MoreU faculty recognized for teaching, scholarly and creative research, service, innovation and impact, community-engaged teaching and more.
Read MoreHere’s a list of all 20 convocations on the schedule this year and ways to navigate to and from the celebrations.
Read MoreBen Nemtin, No. 1 New York Times best-selling author and star of MTV’s “The Buried Life,” to share message of accomplishing the impossible as graduates pursue future endeavors.
Read More“I will give back to LEAP for the rest of my life. I came to this big university on my own with this goal, and not really sure how to accomplish it. LEAP gives you a direction and they opened doors.”
Read More“I’ll never forget when the first service dog my husband and I trained met his veteran. We were at the airport to meet our veteran. We saw him coming around the corner in his wheelchair, and he went straight to his dog, Ares (who he named after the God of War), and said, ‘I’ve been waiting a really long time for you,’ and for a few minutes, the pair were so connected they weren’t even aware of the rest of us around them.”
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