alina tovar in her graduation gown
Recognition for hard work
How the movement of the Spring 2020 Commencement ceremony affected one first-generation college student

When the University of Idaho administrators originally chose to cancel the Spring 2020 Commencement ceremony, the opportunity for first-generation college student Alina Tovar to be recognized for her hard work was taken away. She was excited to show her family the university she’d worked so hard at for the past four years.