{"id":3288,"date":"2017-05-10T16:26:32","date_gmt":"2017-05-10T22:26:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pressreleases.uccs.edu\/?p=3288"},"modified":"2017-05-11T11:36:30","modified_gmt":"2017-05-11T17:36:30","slug":"record-number-of-uccs-students-to-graduate-friday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pressreleases.uccs.edu\/?p=3288","title":{"rendered":"Record number of UCCS students to graduate Friday"},"content":{"rendered":"

COLORADO SPRINGS — A record number of University of Colorado Colorado Springs students will graduate in two spring 2017 commencement ceremonies May 12 at Broadmoor World Arena.<\/p>\n

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Nicole Chung, left, and Mykinthia Ebron will deliver UCCS commencement speeches.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The number of students expected to receive degrees this month is 1,532, with nearly 1,000 expected to participate in commencement ceremonies. Last May, 1,426 students graduated.<\/p>\n

Doctoral, master\u2019s and baccalaureate degree students from the College of Letters, Arts and Sciences will graduate at a 10:30 a.m. ceremony. Mykinthia Ebron, recipient of a 2017 UCCS Student Achievement Award, will give the morning commencement address. Ebron, a first-generation student, plans to attend law school.<\/p>\n

Students of the Helen and Arthur E. Johnson Beth-El College of Nursing and Health Sciences, College of Business, School of Public Affairs, College of Education and College of Engineering and Applied Science will graduate at a 2:30 p.m. ceremony. Nicole Chung, also a 2017 UCCS Student Achievement Award recipient, will speak at the afternoon ceremony. Chung, who enrolled in college as a single mother, plans to become a nurse, inspired after her mother was treated for breast cancer.<\/p>\n

Attendees at the commencement ceremonies are expected to include University of Colorado Board of Regents members Kyle Hybl, Irene Griego, Glen Gallegos and Stephen Ludwig,\u00a0as are UCCS leaders including newly selected Chancellor Venkat Reddy. Bruce Benson, University of Colorado president, is expected to attend the afternoon ceremony.<\/p>\n

Live streaming on the day of commencement will be available at www.uccs.edu\/commencement\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Profiles of selected students follow<\/p>\n

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Jakob Komrofske and his mother, Katy Hartshorn<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Communication senior to graduate after four tries at college<\/strong><\/p>\n

It took Katy Hartshorn more than 20 years and four attempts to earn her bachelor\u2019s degree, but she never doubted she would one day be a college graduate.<\/p>\n

\u201cI always wanted to finish,\u201d she said. \u201cI don\u2019t start things and not finish, no matter how long they take.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hartshorn, 39, will graduate May 12 with a bachelor\u2019s degree in communication. Watching her walk across the stage at Broadmoor World Arena will be her son, Jakob, 19, a sophomore at UCCS, along with her husband and stepchildren. Her stepdaughter, Lauren, 20, is a sophomore at the Boulder campus. (More)<\/a><\/p>\n

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Carol Collins<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Grandmother to earn master\u2019s degree; plans to continue education <\/strong><\/p>\n

Carol Collins has worn many hats during her 65 years. They include entrepreneur, environmentalist, teacher, wife, mother, grandmother, cancer survivor and policy adviser to state government.<\/p>\n

But it\u2019s the funny looking four-cornered hat worn by graduates that the spirited senior citizen thinks is the most important. Collins will join\u00a0about 1,000 other mortar-board-wearing graduates of\u00a0UCCS at 2:30 p.m. May 12 at Broadmoor World Arena. Collins will earn a master\u2019s degree in public administration, a goal she kept in sight even as she faced some of life\u2019s most difficult challenges, including divorce, financial hardship, cancer and a heart attack.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe mind is fine; the rest of me hurts,\u201d Collins said. (More)<\/a><\/p>\n

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Nicole Chung, left, and Mykinthia Ebron will deliver UCCS commencement speeches.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

First-generation student to chase law school dream <\/strong><\/p>\n

For Mykinthia Ebron, challenges only fuel her successes.<\/p>\n

Some of her biggest challenges came early in life. Ebron\u2019s mother died when she was 9. Ebron spent time in foster care and was raised by her aunt and uncle.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy mother told me to never stop chasing my dreams, and I haven\u2019t stopped since,\u201d Ebron said.<\/p>\n

Indeed. That dream-chasing will bear fruit on Friday, when Ebron becomes the first in her family to earn a degree. The pre-law senior will walk across the stage at the Broadmoor World Arena during UCCS commencement ceremonies, then move on to law school. She\u2019s still deciding where to enroll in the fall. (More)<\/a><\/p>\n

The University of Colorado Colorado Springs, located on Austin Bluffs Parkway in Colorado Springs, is one of the fastest-growing universities in Colorado. The university offers 45 bachelor\u2019s, 22 master\u2019s and five doctoral degree programs. UCCS enrolls about 12,000 students on campus annually and another 3,300 in online programs. For more information, visit www.uccs.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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