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Graduation Is Upon Us

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This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Utah chapter.

It feels like just yesterday we were welcoming all of you collegiettes back to school and wishing you all an amazing year! Well, we hope you did have an amazing and memorable year, especially for all of our senior collegiettes. You did it! It’s time to graduate! 

This year the University of Utah’s class of 2015 is the largest gradutating class the U has seen. There are 8,363 students graduating, which is about 400 more than last year. The 2015 class represents 24 Utah counties, 50 U.S. states, and 77 countries! How cool is that?!

Commencement will be held on Thursday, May 7th at 6:30 p.m. in the Jon M Huntsman Center. It’s open for all students, familities, and public. The year’s general commencement speaker is alumnus Robert A. McDonald, U.S. secretary of Veterans Affairs and former president and CEO of Proctor & Gamble, Co.

On Friday, May 8th college convocations will be held. Collegiettes will finally get their chance to shine as they walk across stage (hopefully rocking Her Campus’s pink cord)!

The college convocation times are as follows:

 

  • Architecture + Planning, Union Ballroom, 3 p.m.
  • David Eccles School of Business, Jon M. Huntsman Center, 7 p.m.
  • David Eccles School of Business, Executive MBA graduates, Spencer F. Eccles Business Building, seventh floor, 3:30 p.m.
  • Education, Kingsbury Hall, 8 a.m.
  • Engineering, Jon M. Huntsman Center, 9 a.m.
  • Fine Arts, Kingsbury Hall, 3:30 p.m.
  • Health, Jon M. Huntsman Center, 2 p.m.
  • Humanities, Jon M. Huntsman Center, 4:30 p.m.
  • Mines and Earth Sciences, Union Ballroom, 12 p.m.
  • Nursing, Kingsbury Hall, 10:30 a.m.
  • Pharmacy, Union Ballroom, 9 a.m.
  • Science, Kingsbury Hall, 6 p.m.
  • Social and Behavioral Science, undergraduate students, Jon M. Huntsman Center, 11:30 a.m.
  • Social Work, Kingsbury Hall, 1 p.m

Congratulations to all of our senior collegiettes! You worked hard and we are so proud of you! Good luck in your future! 

HCXO!

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Vermont native. Salt Lake City resident. Ellie Briggs is currently majoring in Strategic Communications with an emphasis in Public Relations at the University of Utah. She is serving as the Campus Correspondent, Co-President, and Editor-in-Chief of Her Campus Utah, along with Mietra Aarabi. When Ellie is not focusing on her studies, writing, or editing countless articles, you can find her brunching with her sister and laughing at her own jokes. Follow her on Instagram @elliebriggs and Twitter @ellbriggs - she promises you won't get bored!