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ACHIEVING THE AMERICAN DREAM

U selected by Schmidt Futures to participate in an ideas challenge initiative to lead a state-wide project aimed at strengthening the middle class.

‘THE CRY CLOSET’

The story behind Art & Art History graduating senior Nemo Miller’s art installation called “A Safe Place for Stressed Out Students, Otherwise Known as The Cry Closet” in the university’s J. Willard Marriott Library.

U TO GRADUATE 8,568 STUDENTS

General commencement ceremony will be held on Thursday, May 3 with most convocations Friday, May 4.

CONVOCATIONS SCHEDULE

Here’s a list of all 20 convocations on the schedule this year and ways to navigate to and from the celebrations.

Announcements
Next Academic Senate meeting | Duo 2FA phone call, text options will be discontinued July 17, 2018 | Hwang recognized on prestigious list of “Top 10 Best Corporate and Securities Articles” | Plan ahead for field trips | Nominate a veteran | Campus Store textbook buyback | Join the Wasatch Experience
A Healthier U
Debunking immunization fears | Deadly dangers of sleep apnea | Beware the shower floor
Safe & Sound
Site-specific training topics for supervisors

SEARCH FOR U ATHLETIC DIRECTOR

U President Ruth V. Watkins announced the members of a search committee to find a successor to retiring Athletic Director Chris Hill. Ventura Partners, a national executive search and talent management firm with a specialty practice in intercollegiate athletics, has been retained by the university to assist in the search.

MEET THE GRADUATES: CLASS OF 2018

As 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.

2018 COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER

Ben 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.