January — Snow kicks off the spring semester as students return to class in a hybrid model.

March — The College of Performing and Visual Arts received a total of 96 new Steinway & Sons pianos, with most of them arriving in December of 2018, sealing the School of Music’s All-Steinway School status.   

April  — Four UNC students from the Monfort College of Business earned first place honors at the Daniels Fund Ethics Initiative's ninth annual Collegiate Program Case Competition. Pictured are students Jamal Blassingale, Halaki Gionet, Davis Johnson and Emmy Scott, along with Keiko Krahnke, professor of Management at UNC.

April —UNC students celebrate breaking ground on the new Empower Center, a $4 million, entirely donor-funded sports performance building.

April — UNC students, faculty and staff came together to attend a Bears in Solidarity community gathering following the guilty verdict in the George Floyd murder trial.

May — UNC celebrated spring 2021 commencement in-person as more than 1,900 graduates earned their degrees. Approximately 200 of UNC's 2020 graduates (wearing gold mortarboards) joined the ceremonies, an opportunity they missed out on the year before due to the pandemic.

May — UNC's Student Health Center (SHC) hosted a COVID-19 vaccination clinic on campus the first week of May. It was one of 34 clinics hosted by the SHC in 2021 that provided 1,449 vaccinations. The SHC also helped coordinate additional clinics, including the availability of the state's mobile COVID-19 vaccination bus. In total there were 59 clinics on campus in 2021 providing 4,373 COVID-19 and flu vaccinations.

August — President Feinstein hosted a new event — 'Flippin' Flapjacks with President Feinstein' — to welcome new students for the fall semester.

August — Students celebrated school pride during UNC's convocation, which traditionally kicks off each new academic year.

August — The Office of Student Life and the Gender the Sexuality Resource Center hosted a night of Drag Queen Bingo and performances from UNC alumni Soña Rita & Zimmorah Mei (pictured above).

September — UNC Student Body President Enrique Benavidez speaks at the State of the University Address where UNC's togetherness and growth was highlighted. 

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September — UNC and the City of Greeley teamed up to host a series of Friday Fests to welcome fall and celebrate UNC spirit. The last one included a UNC pep rally in downtown Greeley.

September — After 650 days without UNC football, the team, accompanied by head coach Ed McCaffrey, returned to the field against CU.

October — Approximately 80+ employers and graduate schools recruited UNC students for full-time jobs, part-time jobs and internships in the University Center.

October — The Libraries exhibit, El Movimiento: The Chicano Movement in Colorado, immersed visitors in the urgency, passion and vitality of one of the state's most important social movements.

October — UNC's Homecoming traditions returned to an in-person week-long event of celebration and Bear pride.

November — UNC celebrated the second night of Hanukkah with the return of lighting the Menorah.

November — Students participated in 'UNC United: Connecting Through Color', a mural event designed to clean and uniquely paint the campus tunnel.