Carolina’s Class of 2022 graduates

Posted May 10, 2022
Nearly 6,200 Tar Heels celebrated their graduation at Sunday’s Spring Commencement, where keynote speaker Frank Bruni challenged the Class of 2022 to choose happiness and count their blessings. Bruni recounted memories from his time at UNC during his Commencement speech and charged the graduates to appreciate their time in Chapel Hill. (UNC.edu)

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