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2024-2025
Commencement Ceremony - April 30, 2025
Logan Campus College Convocations - May 1-2, 2025
Statewide Campuses Graduation Ceremonies - April 17-26, 2025
Utah State University is a premier land- and space-grant institution committed to excellence, access, and inclusion. We empower all people to lead successful lives of involvement, innovation, and impact, and we champion exceptional education, research and discovery, and community contribution.
I extend my warmest congratulations on your well-deserved accomplishment. Your graduation is an important milestone that marks a pivotal moment in your life. We share in your joy and know that the next chapters you write for your stories will be extraordinary.
Your dedication and perseverance have culminated in an achievement that is both personally and professionally transformative. The education you have earned is an enduring asset, a foundation for resilience and lifelong growth. It empowers you to navigate challenges with critical thinking, problem-solving, and effective communication—durable skills that will enrich your lives and contribute to your success.
As graduates of a land-grant university, you carry a special responsibility. You are stewards of knowledge, equipped to address the challenges facing our communities and our society. I challenge you to think broadly, to consider the ways in which your education can be applied to create positive change, to innovate, and to lead with integrity.
You are prepared for more than you might currently imagine. You have demonstrated wisdom in pursuing your education. And now, you are ready to apply your talents and insights in ways that will shape you personally and professionally. Build upon this foundation, embrace the opportunities before you, and never underestimate the power of your education to transform lives, including your own.
We at USU are immensely proud of your accomplishments and look forward to witnessing the remarkable contributions you will make to the world. Congratulations, Class of 2025! I am honored to celebrate this momentous occasion with all of you.
Sincerely,
Alan L. Smith, Ph.D. Interim President, Utah State University
UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY SOUTHWEST COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY
Kayleen Evans
Director of Student Services, USU Southwest
PROCESSIONAL
PRESENTATION OF THE COLORS
Civil Air Patrol’s Sevier Valley Cadet Squadron
NATIONAL ANTHEM
Mary Rosalee Wilkey
Nancy Glomb, Ph.D.
Associate Vice President, USU Southwest
STUDENT SPEAKER
Lorna Olson
MUSICAL NUMBER
Faith Simper
Laurens H. Smith, Ph.D.
USU Provost and Executive Vice President
ADDRESS TO GRADUATES
Nancy Glomb, Ph.D.
Associate Vice President, USU Southwest
Associate Professor, Special Education and Rehabilitation Counseling
Laurens H. Smith, Ph.D.
USU Provost and Executive Vice President
Nancy Glomb, Ph.D.
Associate Vice President, USU Southwest
Whitney Boudrero
Senior Director of Alumni Engagement, USU
RECESSIONAL
Ryan Egan & Fayelynn McKenna
A native "Jersey Girl," Nancy landed in Cedar City, Utah in 1980. As a 20-something special education teacher, she taught in a classroom-based program in the mornings and traveled to rural areas of central and southwest Utah in the afternoons to provide homebased services for children with disabilities and their families. She began her master’s in special education at USU in 1981, and went on to complete her Ph.D. in 1992.
After a few years as faculty in special education at Southern Utah University, Arizona State University, and James Madison University, Nancy returned to USU as a faculty member in the Department of Special Education and Rehabilitation Counseling. Her research focused on evaluating ways to engage students in the teacher education program in distance education programs when she became an administrator in USU's Statewide Campus system, and she returned to serving the communities in central and southwestern Utah that she deeply loves.
Nancy lives in Parowan, Utah (where she started back in 1980) with her husband Marty, horse Chloe (born at the USU horse barn in 2000), four cats, and the occasional rescue animal courtesy of her amazing son Alex.
Lorna Olson lives in Ephraim, Utah. She is a devoted wife and mother of six children, and grandmother of six precious grandchildren. She graduated with an applied business degree in 1992 from Snow College. Then a few years later, she returned to college as a young mother taking one or two classes at a time. It took 10 years, but she finished her bachelor's degree in family, human and consumer development only weeks before her last child was born in 2007. Two years ago, she felt the desire to return to college to get a master’s in rehabilitation counseling, again through the USU Statewide Campus system.
She thoroughly enjoys her work as a mental health counselor as well as serving as the director of the Ephraim City Housing Authority. Other things that fill her life with joy are hiking Utah's peaks with her husband, tending to her garden, reading good self-help books, and helping with the baby turkeys on the farm. Lorna plans to be a life-long learner and finds her greatest satisfaction in her relationships with God and her family.