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Zach Fowler and five other students persevered through the pandemic to finish their postsecondary education at the four-year Â鶹ÊÓƵ Learning into Future Environments (LIFE) Program.

Cyber security engineering major Mitchell Martinez is poised to become the first in his family to earn a college degree.

Malek Salhab, a neuroscience major and member of Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s Honors College, will attend medical school at Virginia Commonwealth University as an early selection candidate on scholarship.

Health equity is a motivator for graduating senior Erica Harp.

Accounting major Isabella Bah began her Â鶹ÊÓƵ journey as a student in the Early Identification Program.

Graduating senior Destini Manuel is fully dedicated to saving lives and aspires to be a surgeon.

This week, the Governor’s Office issued new guidance on how universities could conduct commencement ceremonies this spring based on revised COVID-19 restrictions.

When Denys Kuratchenko began working at Northern Virginia Community College’s 3D printing lab in 2017, he didn’t anticipate that his projects would change lives. But the expression on a young girl’s face made him realize he could.

First Lady Jill Biden will be Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s Commencement speaker next month, headlining the May 14 virtual event honoring nearly 9,700 graduates.

Playing football for University of Notre Dame was something Steve Elmer said he could only dream of when he was younger. His talent combined with a scholarship had him playing on the field with a golden helmet as freshman. He became one of the team’s most experienced offensive linemen, having 30 starts to his name.

The largest number of graduates in university history overcame the challenges of the COVID-19 crisis to complete their coursework and earn their degrees.