Monday, May 25, 2020
  Announcements

By Melissa Vasquez

RIO GRANDE VALLEY, TEXAS – MAY 25, 2020 – The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley will celebrate more than 3,000 prospective graduates with the first-ever Virtual Commencement Ceremony on Saturday, May 30, at 10 a.m.

The virtual event will be open to the public, and can be viewed at UTRGV.edu/Live.  

UTRGV made the decision to postpone the traditional, in-person ceremonies, which were scheduled for May 8-9, due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

“One of the toughest decisions we had to make because of the pandemic was to postpone our Spring Commencement ceremonies,” said UTRGV President Guy Bailey in a message to the UTRGV community. “Based on input from our Spring 2020 graduates, we have developed a plan to ensure these students — and their friends and family — are properly celebrated for their extraordinary achievement.”

Once safety and health regulations permit, the university plans to conduct a traditional commencement where all spring graduates will be invited to take part in that ceremony as well.

For more information on the ceremony and how to watch, visit UTRGV.edu/Commencement.



ABOUT UTRGV

The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) was created by the Texas Legislature in 2013 as the first major public university of the 21st century in Texas. This transformative initiative provided the opportunity to expand educational opportunities in the Rio Grande Valley, including a new School of Medicine, and made it possible for residents of the region to benefit from the Permanent University Fund – a public endowment contributing support to the University of Texas System and other institutions.

UTRGV has campuses and off-campus research and teaching sites throughout the Rio Grande Valley including in Boca Chica Beach, Brownsville (formerly The University of Texas at Brownsville campus), Edinburg (formerly The University of Texas-Pan American campus), Harlingen, McAllen, Port Isabel, Rio Grande City, and South Padre Island. UTRGV, a comprehensive academic institution, enrolled its first class in the fall of 2015, and the School of Medicine welcomed its first class in the summer of 2016.