Curtis H. Larson Award Winner: Riley Tollefsrud
Each year, faculty and graduating seniors at the University of Minnesota Morris select a student to receive the Curtis H. Larson Award. This award was established to honor U of M Morris’s first senior class speaker in 1964 and the recipient speaks on behalf of the graduates during the commencement ceremony.
Riley Tollefsrud of Brainerd is the 2025 Curtis H. Larson recipient. He is graduating with a double major in psychology and Spanish. Tollefsrud has been active with the Office of Residential Life, the National Spanish Honors Society, and the Morris Campus Student Association, where he currently serves as president. He has held many other leadership positions on campus and has participated in multiple years of undergraduate research.
U of M Morris will celebrate the 2025 Commencement on Saturday, May 10 at 1:30 p.m. More than 215 students will receive their degrees.