05/15/2026
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"Melissa, her mother, Diana Flygare, and her daughter, Hadley Davis, will all receive bachelor’s degrees from UVU on April 29 as part of the Class of 2026.
“I’m just so proud,” Melissa said. “[My mother] told us how important education was, and she had sacrificed her own to put my dad through graduate school for seven years. I was afraid she wouldn't finish, and so she did, and we're so, so happy that it just happened to be all the same semester.”
For Diana, completing her degree is the culmination of a lifelong aspiration. She began taking classes from UVU at age 17, when the school was known as Utah Technical College. Her original intent was to pursue a master’s degree in social work and become a counselor. But, she said, life had different plans, as the births of her children and various economic obstacles interfered."
Melissa Davis has held several positions at Utah Valley University, including her current role in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences. And she’s held several degrees. But she’s never been able to call herself a UVU graduate until now. And it just so happens...
