UCONN Graduation

For the first time since 2019, the University of Connecticut will host traditional in-person commencement ceremonies beginning Saturday.

For the first time since 2019, the University of Connecticut will host traditional in-person commencement ceremonies beginning Saturday. Last year, the university separated commencement into five days of ceremonies, which took place at Rentschler Field in East Hartford. Graduates and their families had the opportunity to get vaccinated at a drive-thru clinic next door. The university also announced that masks…

U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona praised new University of Connecticut graduates for their work in helping to respond to the coronavirus pandemic and urged them to use their uniqueness as their “superpower” to accomplish their career and life goals, in a recorded speech played Saturday at a virtual 2021 commencement. Cardona, Connecticut’s former education commissioner who earned graduate degrees...

The University of Connecticut celebrated its graduating class on Saturday. How they did it though was completely unique and virtual. Instead of assembling on the Storrs campus, thousands of students watched their graduation ceremony through the internet. Streaming from an empty Jorgensen Theater, UConn President Thomas Katsouleas addressed the class. “Greetings class of 2020 and welcome to the first virtual…