The University Of Iowa: Celebrating Iowa’s Fall 2021 Graduates

Press release from The University of Iowa:

January 5, 2022

This fall, nearly 1,800 University of Iowa undergraduate, graduate, and professional students will graduate. Despite the challenges of navigating their college education through a pandemic, Hawkeyes persisted. They continued to excel and stretch. To engage and choose and serve.

Take, for example, the 22 students and alumni who won Fulbright scholarships to conduct research, teach English, or undertake creative projects abroad, making Iowa a top-producing institution of Fulbright students nationally for the sixth consecutive year. Or the students who produce The Daily Iowan, which was named an Online Pacemaker winner by the Associated Press for 2020–21 as well as the 2021 Iowa Newspaper of the Year by the Iowa Newspaper Association. Or the 19 honors students whose retelling of The Great Gatsby garnered a film option.

Not only have our students persisted, they have pushed to achieve more. Hundreds of student volunteers raised funds for Dance Marathon, helping pediatric cancer patients and their families at UI Stead Family Children’s Hospital, while the student-run UI Mobile Clinic offered free telehealth services and vaccinated more than 1,000 people.

As 2021 comes to a close, we can count on one thing: With this cohort of new graduates comes a new dawn. As Hawkeyes enter the next stage of their lives, they leave campus full of potential and promise.

If you or a loved one is graduating this fall, find ceremony information at the UI Commencement website.

This press release was produced by The University of Iowa. The views expressed here are the author’s own.