🎉Congratulations to CLA’s Class of 2026! 🎉
You are now part of a network of more than 170,000 #UMNCLA alumni—potential friends & professional contacts around the world who are engaging in just about every conceivable endeavor. cla.umn.edu/alumni
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"Our time in CLA has shaped how we see the world. It has taught us to think critically, to question our own bias, to empathize with perspectives beyond our own and be vocal about things that matter.”— Wilma Agustianto, CLA Class of 2026 Commencement Speaker
Read more about this year’s afternoon student speaker: z.umn.edu/wilma-agustianto
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Thank you to English alum Scott Z. Burns for sharing your words of wisdom with our #UMNCLA graduates and families. 📚
Read more about this year’s #UMN26 Commencement keynote: z.umn.edu/scott-burns
"The College of Liberal Arts didn’t just teach us one way of thinking, it exposed us to many and challenged us to understand the world fully.” — Stephanie Rodriguez Salguero, CLA Class of 2026 Commencement Speaker
Read more about this year’s morning student speaker: z.umn.edu/stephanie-rodriguez-salguero
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We’re ready to celebrate the #UMNCLA Class of 2026! 🥳
Questions about today's undergraduate commencement ceremonies? Want to live stream the event? Visit z.umn.edu/CLACommencement for all of the details. #UMN26
#UMNCLA prepares students to become thoughtful citizens, innovative problem-solvers, and leaders in every sector of society. From healthcare and education to business, public service, media, science, and the arts, CLA graduates strengthen Minnesota’s workforce and communities.
These stories from the Class of #UMN26 reflect the many ways liberal arts students are preparing to make a difference — in their professions and in the lives of the people around them.
🔗: z.umn.edu/grad-spotlights-26
The #UMN26 Commencement countdown is on, and we're so excited to welcome back #UMNCLA alum Scott Z. Burns (BA '85, @umnenglish ) as our keynote speaker. Burns is the screenwriter, director, and producer behind Contagion, Extrapolations, and An Inconvenient Truth.
🔗: https://ow.ly/jX3T50YZGUc
For more than half a century, Dale Thuftedal has occasionally been “haunted” by not finishing the graduate degree he started at the University of Minnesota. This spring he’ll exorcise those ghosts.
https://ow.ly/jhBE50YXOzJ
Paulina Vergara Buitrago won the U-Spatial Grand Prize for Best Overall Map for her StoryMap "Roots in the Land," Students competing for the U-Spatial Prize use maps, data and more to tell highly engaging stories about their research.
The project traces the history, challenges and present-day stories of Black farmers across the United States and in Minnesota.
Read more about Vergara Buitrago and other student's projects here:
https://ow.ly/6emI50YYnao
