UCCS celebrates virtual commencement ceremony May 15

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) -- Over 1,500 students at the University of Colorado in Colorado Springs will earn degrees during a spring 2020 virtual commencement ceremony on May 15th. The graduates will receive bachelor's, master's, and doctorate degrees.

The ceremony will include messages from past alumni, elected officials, and a keynote address by the Student Government Association President JayJay Porcadilla, comments from Chancellor Venkat Reddy and CU President Mark Kennedy, and the reading of the North Charge by retiring Regents Linda Shoemaker, Sue Sharkey, and John Carson.

To watch the virtual commencement ceremony live, click here. The formal ceremony will officially begin at 1 p.m. MDT. The ceremonies of the six UCCS colleges and schools will begin at 2 p.m. MDT.