The largest graduating class in University of Cincinnati history celebrated Friday with two in-person commencement ceremonies at Nippert Stadium. Initially, the university had planned one Thursday ceremony and one Friday ceremony. But inclement weather led university leaders to postpone Thursday evening's ceremony to 2 p.m. Friday UC's class of 2021 includes a record-breaking 6,886 students earning 7,225 degrees, president Neville Pinto said during a Tuesday board of trustees meeting. "Commencement is my favorite milestone each year," Pinto wrote in a statement to The Enquirer. "It’s not only a joyous moment in the lives of our students and their families, it’s also a culmination of the university’s greatest purpose. To be able to share that joy together, in-person, as we close out Spring 2021 with a record graduating class is especially meaningful. It shows that our campus community has a can-do and will-do spirit, always able to do what is needed to keep moving forward.”