Spring 2020 graduates are invited to a livestreamed commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 16, 2020. The graduates are also invited to return to campus in May 2021 for special events in recognition of their years of hard work to achieve their degrees. Read more on the Spring Ceremony page.

Graduate with CO State flag on mortar board in front of inflatable Alphie

Norlin Charge

"Commencement does not mean, as many wrongly think, the breaking of ties and beginning of life apart. Rather, it marks your initiation in the fullest sense into the fellowship of the university, as bearers of her torch, as centers of her influence, as promoters of her spirit."

-President George Norlin, June 1935

Norlin Charge

"Commencement does not mean, as many wrongly think, the breaking of ties and beginning of life apart. Rather, it marks your initiation in the fullest sense into the fellowship of the university, as bearers of her torch, as centers of her influence, as promoters of her spirit."

-President George Norlin, June 1935

graduates on rocks in front of Flatirons

Norlin Charge

"Commencement does not mean, as many wrongly think, the breaking of ties and beginning of life apart. Rather, it marks your initiation in the fullest sense into the fellowship of the university, as bearers of her torch, as centers of her influence, as promoters of her spirit."

-President George Norlin, June 1935

Norlin Charge

"Commencement does not mean, as many wrongly think, the breaking of ties and beginning of life apart. Rather, it marks your initiation in the fullest sense into the fellowship of the university, as bearers of her torch, as centers of her influence, as promoters of her spirit."

-President George Norlin, June 1935

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