A look at UVA’s first day of Final Exercises for the Class of 2021, which took place Friday in two ceremonies at Scott Stadium.
UVA President Jim Ryan offered opening and closing remarks at Final Exercises ceremonies held Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Dove, a former U.S. poet laureate and the Henry Hoyns Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Virginia, read her new poem, “Daffodil,” for the Class of 2021.
The recorded event, aired online and in Scott Stadium featured Jay Pharoah and announcements of class and University award winners.
The University of Virginia’s Class of 2021 celebrated Valedictory Exercises Thursday night with class and University awards and remarks from comedian Jay Pharoah.
After graduating this Sunday, Catherine “Cat” Guerrier is headed to Connecticut to clerk for a federal judge she came to admire after a unique field trip to a federal prison.
These professors showed amazing skills, compassion and creativity in keeping everyone involved in virtual classes and relating their subject material to what was going on in daily life.
Omer Gorashi, who grew up in a tight-knit immigrant community in Northern Virginia, is headed to Princeton University in the fall, pursuing his graduate degree in architecture.