Utah Valley University just made school history. More than 12,000 were honored Wednesday evening at the school’s 2025 commencement ceremony — the largest graduating class in school history at Utah’s largest university. “You now join the ranks of UVU alumni who, since 1941, have used their knowledge and talents to continue to make the world a better place,” UVU’s acting president Jim Mortensen told the thousands of new graduates gathered at the UCCU Center in Orem.