A photo of a graduation cap that reads "we're all grad here".

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Unable to attend? Livestream links with captions in English and Spanish will be available at colorado.edu/commencement听the morning of the ceremony.

Graduating after a pandemic听

Many students graduating this spring were high school graduates in May 2020 and did not get a ceremony or celebration due to the pandemic.

Student profiles:听

  • Joe Constancia is graduating after finishing the Strategy and Entrepreneurship track at the Leeds School of Business. But his journey at CU Boulder started long before, as an employee with Facilities Management.听Read more about Joe.听
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  • Magnus Boee, a graduate student in civil engineering, excelled in Nordic skiing for the CU Boulder Ski team. As a Division 1 athlete, he completed both a BS (2023) and MS (expected spring 2024) in civil engineering while training and competing. Boee represented South Korea in Nordic skiing at the 2018 PyeongChang Olympics and is now aiming for the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy. Read more about Magnus.
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  • Veena Bhatnagar is a two-term Distinguished Speakers Board Chair. Over the last two years, Veena has led DSB and brought several significant speakers to campus including Janette McCurdy, Kal Penn, Chloe Kim, and most recently Hank Green.听Learn more about Veena and the DSB.
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  • Nataly Diaz Ortega didn鈥檛 let being the youngest person in her MBA cohort intimidate her鈥攐r dilute her passion for work that centers on diversity and equity. The first-generation student enrolled in the Leeds MBA in the midst of a pandemic, after earning her bachelor鈥檚 degree in 3 years.听Read more about Nataly.
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  • Marcos Castillo was just a few credits shy of graduating in 1997. He鈥檒l walk in this year鈥檚 ceremony thanks to the Finish What You Started program.听Learn more about the program and Marcos鈥� story.听

What the Class of 2024 wants you to know听

Words of wisdom from some of the many talented and innovative students who are graduating and starting their next adventures.

Jazz studies performs new takes on Pomp & Circumstance听

The College of Music's听Thompson Jazz Studies Program听produced 3 different versions of "Pomp & Circumstance" for this year鈥檚 commencement ceremony鈥擝ig band swing, New Orleans funk and Latin jazz.

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CU Boulder Wind Team competing at national competition before graduation听

The team of 16 was selected as one of 12 winning universities for Phase Two of the 2024 U.S. Department of Energy Collegiate Wind Competition (CWC). They will put their wind turbine design to the final test when they present at the American Clean Power Association鈥檚 CLEANPOWER Conference and Exhibition on May 6-9 in Minneapolis. As all teammates are graduating this spring semester, they鈥檒l be jetting back right after the competition to participate in commencement ceremonies.听

Leeds senior wraps up year by meeting the Dalai Lama听

Leadership and students, including Dalai Lama Fellows participant Nikki Bechtold, went on trip to India to meet His Holiness this spring.听