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UTEP Celebrates Spring Class of 2020

Last Updated on May 11, 2020 at 12:00 AM

Originally published May 11, 2020

By UC Staff

UTEP Communications

The University of Texas at El Paso will celebrate spring graduates with remote activities in honor of the Class of 2020 during what would have been the University’s Commencement weekend, May 16-17, 2020.

This spring, more than 2,300 graduates and candidates are eligible to receive degrees. More than 630 of those are expected to earn graduate degrees, including 98 doctoral candidates.

“In normal years, our spring semester – like that of universities across the country – would end with the celebration of this milestone in your life with family and friends. Because this year is anything but normal, we will delay that celebration until the fall, when I hope to see you again,” UTEP President Heather Wilson said in a letter to graduates.

Spring Commencement ceremonies were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Graduation candidates can stay connected through social media using the hashtag #utepgrad to post photos in their regalia, celebrating with household members, decorated caps and decorated lawns or doors.

Community members are encouraged to wear orange and walk in their neighborhoods on May 16 and 17 in honor of graduates and candidates who would have walked the stage at the Don Haskins Center throughout Commencement weekend.

On campus, the “Mining Minds” pickaxe sculpture at UTEP’s Sun Bowl-University roundabout will be illuminated in blue and orange from Wednesday evening, May 13, through Sunday evening, May 17, to commemorate UTEP’s Class of 2020.