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In addition to hosting Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin as the featured speaker at Spring Commencement ceremony on May 18, Â鶹ÊÓƵ features speakers at its individual school and college degree celebrations.

Sisc Johnson, a Â鶹ÊÓƵ School of Art student and staff member, will be the first in her family to graduate from college this May.

From attending school board meetings in Fairfax to working on Capitol Hill, this graduating student is applying his degree to a new position in Tulsa.

McKenzie Lauber is graduating from Â鶹ÊÓƵ this month with a bachelor of social work degree and a minor in criminology.

Local student Rosy Sultana overcame challenges to succeed in Â鶹ÊÓƵ's Honors College. She graduates this May with a degree in Computer Science from the College of Engineering and Computing.

On April 26, 25 Â鶹ÊÓƵ graduates were celebrated for their accomplishments and contributions to the university community at the 2023 Lavender and Women and Gender Studies Graduation, held in the Johnson Center Bistro.

One of the highlights of biology major Gwendolyne Fields’ Â鶹ÊÓƵ career is her summer 2022 internship at the Cheetah Conservation Fund outside the town of Otjiwarongo in Namibia.

Growing up, BIS student Heather Moss watched as Â鶹ÊÓƵ expanded, becoming the vibrant and diverse community it is today.

From the MAP Clinics to virtual reality training and the Student Nursing Association, Bachelor of Nursing student James Kim graduates prepared to be a great nurse. 

Jaala Brown knew by the end of high school that she wanted to pursue a career in the media industry. Now, as the Â鶹ÊÓƵ communication major prepares for a May graduation, that pursuit is paying dividends, as she is working as an intern for NBC’s Nightly News with Lester Holt.