May 10, 2019 UA Graduates Urged to 'Live Deeply and Look Up' Commencement speaker Dr. Mae C. Jemison, the first woman of color to travel to outer space, emphasized the importance of recognizing how connected we all are, and looking at the bigger picture.
May 8, 2019 UA to Confer About 6,700 Degrees About 4,500 graduates and 40,000 guests are expected to attend Commencement. Dr. Mae C. Jemison, the first woman of color to travel into outer space, will be the keynote speaker.
May 1, 2019 Education Majors Learn Global Lessons from Student-Teaching Internationally The UA College of Education's International Student Teaching Program places elementary education majors in classrooms in China, Norway and Mexico.
April 24, 2019 Creating Cultural Understanding, One Word at a Time After working to mend U.S.-Afghan relations through language and compassion, UA student Felisa Hervey had a stroke that inhibited her ability to speak before finishing her dissertation.
April 17, 2019 UA Senior Adds Wildcat Family to Already-Sprawling Family Tree Transfer student Gabriel Martinez found his second family at the UA as a deaf studies major. He plans to pursue a master's degree and eventually work in disability resources.
April 17, 2019 Peace Corps Prep Program Leads to Service for Two UA Seniors Gina Aniano and Ruth Byrnes took advantage of a new undergraduate program and were rewarded with invitations to serve in the Peace Corps.
April 16, 2019 UA to Present Honorary Degrees, Alumni Achievement Award Dr. Mae Jemison and Victor Smith will receive honorary doctorates, and Andy Harris will receive the Alumni Achievement Award during the UA's 155th Commencement on May 10.
April 8, 2019 Jemison, First Woman of Color in Space, Will Address UA Graduates Dr. Mae C. Jemison served six years as a NASA astronaut and was the first woman of color in the world to go into space, aboard a joint space shuttle mission with the Japanese space agency.
May 18, 2018 UA Graduate Heads to Beirut to Further Her Education Two fellowships helped linguistics major Catherine Witt master Arabic, which she will use as she continues her studies in Lebanon. Her goal is to work in refugee camps.
May 16, 2018 Unique Grads Enjoy Doing Life Together Identical twins Michelle and Stephanie Celeste share almost everything, including new titles as doctors of nursing practice. Although the women had UA Commencement guests and media seeing double, it's second nature to them now. With UANews video.
