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Beginning a new journey

More than 2,300 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill students will begin a new chapter of their lives Dec. 16 as their degrees are conferred at the University’s annual Winter Commencement. The ceremony, held at the Dean E. Smith Center at 2 p.m., will celebrate students who graduated in August and December.

Former Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Winston B. Crisp will deliver the ceremony’s commencement address.

graduation caps on a bench.

I am humbled by the opportunity to be this year’s Winter Commencement speaker and consider it an honor and privilege.

Winston B. Crisp, Winter Commencement speaker

By the numbers

As of Dec. 11

  • 834undergraduates
  • 1,194master's students
  • 2,386total graduates, including certificates
  • 269Ph.D. students
  • 13professional students

Click on a story below to hear more about a graduating Tar Heel's journey.