At least 814 students on Monday were eligible to walk — the largest graduating class since 2019 — during the first full in-person ceremonies since before the start of the pandemic.
Former UMD student Nancy XiaoRong Valentine returns to the area with a watercolor and Chinese ink painting series to share the story of her family's Chinese American immigrant experience in rural western Minnesota.
The stories behind the declining enrollment numbers include more young people choosing to work full time, a faded link between many high school students and support systems last year, improving four-year graduation rates and fewer international students.
The Duluth college will post an online virtual commencement celebration May 17. The prerecorded presentation will honor graduates from the past year. The school expects to have about 850 graduates this spring and summer, with 411 being first-generation graduates.
