The University of Utah congratulates 8,628 graduates in first-ever virtual commencement ceremony on April 30.
The graduating class of 2020 includes students who graduated summer 2019, fall 2019 and spring 2020. Students in the Class of 2020 ranged in age from 18 to 69 and earned 9,280 degrees. Graduates represented 50 U.S. states and 59 foreign countries. This class is the first to graduate from the U since it was selected as a new member of the Association of American Universities-an invitiation-only, presitious group of 65 leading research institutions.
Local graduates include:
Kalea Plapp of Lake Havasu City, whose major is listed as Health, Society and Policy BS .