OUTSTANDING FACULTY
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U faculty recognized for teaching, scholarly and creative research, service, innovation and impact, community-engaged teaching and more.
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CONVOCATIONS SCHEDULE
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Here’s a list of all 20 convocations on the schedule this year and ways to navigate to and from the celebrations.
Read More2018 COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER
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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.
Read MoreHUMANS OF THE U: NATHANIEL CORDOVA
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“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 MoreHUMANS OF THE U: NICHOLE RANUIO
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“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.”
Read MoreHUMANS OF THE U: JESSAKA NAKAI
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“After graduating, I want to help build a better bridge and provide a voice for my home community. We are one of the original groups of Utah Navajos and, a lot of times when it comes to issues we face in our community, our voices get drowned out by groups off the reservation.”
Read MoreHUMANS OF THE U: NEMO MILLER
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“I’m really proud of one assignment that’s going to be part of the student show in Gittins Gallery in the Arts building. The theme was, “Portrait without a head” about how you represent someone without physically representing them. So, I did my mom and made a 36-inch-long meth pipe. She was an addict and passed away when I was 12 so I felt comfortable that I could tell this story of her, through my eyes.”
Read MoreGRAD FAIR 2018
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U students eligible to walk for graduation in May 2018, now is the time to order your cap, gown, graduation announcements, buy your diploma frame and start celebrating your achievement at the annual Grad Fair is this Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
Read MoreU ANNOUNCES 2018 HONORARY DEGREE RECIPIENTS
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Barbara Tanner and Raymond Uno to be honored during commencement ceremony.
Read MoreU Commencement 2017
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U to graduate 8, 566 students at general commencement ceremony Thursday, May 4, most convocations Friday, May 5.
Read MoreMEET THE GRADUATES: HEIDI QIN
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From my involvement and activism with the Asian American Student Association and the Queer and Trans Students of Color groups, to being a part of the creation of the new School for Cultural and Social Transformation, I was able to find family and community.
Read MoreMEET THE GRADUATES: CONRAD ANKER
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Life is short. We’ve got this one chance to make positive changes on our planet.
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