CELEBRATING THE CLASS OF 2022

Celebrating the

CLASS OF 2022

On Saturday, May 14, more than 370 undergraduate and graduate students crossed downtown Rockford's historic Coronado Performing Arts Center stage to receive their diplomas in front of family and friends. The University’s 168th Commencement ceremony was an extra joyous occasion, marking a return to the Coronado after a two-year absence due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Graduates — representing 23 states and 13 countries — received words of wisdom from President Eric Fulcomer, Student Government Association Vice President Kristine Adams-Wedemeyer ’22, and keynote speaker Kimberly Wehle, an author, lawyer, law professor, and legal expert.

With the return to the Coronado in the university’s 175th anniversary year, the 2022 commencement will be remembered as a significant and poignant moment in our school’s history.