Class of 2021

Graduating with gratitude: UMBC welcomes a new class of alumni

May 24, 2021 • By Kait McCaffrey

Persistent. Innovative. Determined. These are the words UMBC’s commencement speakers returned to again and again to describe the Class of 2021. And despite a year of challenges—missing family and friends, technological frustrations, life lived through the computer screen—one of the resounding themes of this year’s Commencement ceremonies was gratitude.