Spring 2020 CDE Graduation

Welcome to the Spring 2020 Center for Diversity and Enrichment Graduation! We know this is a tough time, and we hope to gather on this page to celebrate YOU and all you have accomplished!

Welcome - Why We're Doing This

Welcome to the website celebrating our 2019-2020 CDE graduates at the University of Iowa! In the spring of 2020, the COVID-19/coronavirus pandemic swept through the U.S. and much of the world, causing the University of Iowa to move entirely online in order to protect our students, staff, faculty, and community members. CDE Graduation was not able to happen in person, so we celebrated our graduates virtually on Wednesday, May 13, 2020.

This website will be up permanently so graduating students can return over the years to watch videos from our two keynote speakers, commemorate the award winners of the Student Leadership Award, Dean's Achievement Award, and Distinguished Educator Award, and to spotlight all graduating students' achievements while at UI. We thank our graduating students for their flexibility in celebrating, and we honor your resiliency, determination, and remarkable achievements. We are so proud of you! 

Special thanks to Katie McCullough and Mike Meginnis for their development of this website, as well as to Erica Aguiar and the MFOS team at the University of Florida for their insight in conducting a virtual graduation.

 

Sincerely,
The CDE Graduation 2020 Planning Committee

 

If you'd like to watch the Zoom recording of the ceremony, please click this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFKKnQv5BeM Closed captioning is available and accurate. Please reach out to Sarah Lambert, Chair of the CDE Graduation Planning Committee, at sarah-lambert@uiowa.edu if you have any concerns.

Spring 2020 CDE Graduation Reception Program

An image of CDE Graduation Medallions with the following text: 30th Annual Graduation Reception. May 13, 2020. Virtual Reception.

Click here to download the Spring 2020 CDE Graduation Reception program.

Spring 2020 Awards Recipients

Black medal with a gold background

Student Leadership Awards

Gold award with a dark grey background

Dean's Achievement Awards

Black medal with a gold background

Distinguished Educator Award

Spring 2020 Graduate Profiles

black graudation caps with a yellow background with the letters A-G

Spring 2020 Graduates A-G

Graphic of diplomas surrounding the letters H-M

Spring 2020 Graduates H-M

Graduation caps in the background with a text box saying "N-Z"

Spring 2020 Graduates N-Z

Spring 2020 CDE Graduation Reception Keynotes

Spring 2020 CDE Graduation Reception Video

Closed captioning is available and accurate. Please reach out to Sarah Lambert, Chair of the CDE Graduation Planning Committee, at sarah-lambert@uiowa.edu if you have any concerns.