Four-campus commencement roundup

Thousands of graduates across the four CU campuses celebrated commencement earlier this month.

The university conferred more than 14,800 degrees during spring ceremonies.

“Our graduates will go on to make a difference in science, health care, business, public service, the arts and countless other areas,” President Todd Saliman wrote in his recent newsletter. “Our newest CU alumni will also leave their mark on their communities, the state of Colorado, the nation and the world. CU’s Class of 2025 includes thousands of remarkable stories – from being the first in their family to earn a college degree to leaving the university driven to pay it forward and help others.”

CU Boulder conferred a record 10,138 degrees – earned by 9,934 graduates – during a jubilant commencement ceremony, while an estimated 30,000-plus family members and friends looked on. Read more in CU Boulder Today.

UCCS conferred more than 1,600 degrees to students from the Class of 2025, with just over 1,100 graduates in attendance for the Spring 2025 Commencement ceremonies at the Broadmoor World Arena. Read more in Communique.

CU Denver ceremonies included more than 2,000 graduates from 40 states and more than 70 countries, including Chile, Kenya, Korea and Australia. Read more in CU Denver News.

At CU Anschutz, over 1,000 students graduated, including nearly 180 who became doctors of medicine at the Hooding and Oath Ceremony at Boettcher Commons on campus, marking the School of Medicine’s 142nd year of training tomorrow’s healers. Read more in CU Anschutz Today.