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Members of the College Class of 2021 reflect on four eventful years at the University

As they prepare to graduate with the College’s Class of 2021, students from near and far say they’re well prepared for the future.

2021 Commencement: Rochester graduate dual degree Tessa Nojaim

Dual degree student enjoyed the best of both worlds

Tessa Nojaim majored in tuba performance at Eastman and political science in the College.

2021 Commencement: Rochester Graduate early music Naomi Gregory

Eastman scholar finds a home in Rochester’s early music community

Cambridge organ scholar earns her second doctorate at the Eastman School of Music.

2021 Commencement: Rochester graduate Eden Thomas

Eden Thomas ’21 fulfills her dream with Rochester degree

The first-generation student discovers that “one opportunity opens a whole bunch of other doors and connections.”

Commencement mace outdoors atop a blue tablecloth.

University News

Wade Norwood to deliver 2021 College Commencement address

Norwood will also receive the Distinguished Alumnus Award from the School of Arts & Sciences.

Meliora in stone with confetti in front

University News

2021 honorary degrees, medals, and teaching awards announced

Distinguished leaders, educators, and humanitarians will be honored during this spring’s commencement ceremonies.

2021 Commencement: Rochester graduate Andrea Bell

Andrea Bell is ready to take on new challenges with MBA in consulting

MBA candidate led initiatives around career development, mental health and wellness, and racial equity as a student at the Simon Business School.

2021 commencement: Rochester graduate Keenan Heyward

Simon MBA follows his principles as a leader who benefits society

MBA candidate Keenan Heyward says Rochester’s business school helped hone his ideas about professional and community leadership.

2021 Commencement Rochester hybrid ceremony COVID-19

University News

Commencement 2021: Planning pomp and circumstance during a pandemic

Amid ever-changing COVID-19 guidelines, University staff have worked tirelessly to organize a safe and meaningful hybrid commencement for the Class of 2021.

2021 Commencement: Rochester graduate Monique Mendes

‘I learned to be a better scientist at Rochester’

Among the few Black women to earn a PhD in neuroscience, Monique Mendes begins her career as a research scientist.