Colorado Mesa University graduation goes on during coronavirus pandemic with help from private jet
The school decided to test every single graduate, faculty member and guest for COVID-19 who planned to attend the two ceremonies.
Credit: Colorado Public Radio
Colorado Mesa University kept its winter graduations small, only a few hundred guests spread out across a stadium that seats 8,000. Everyone who attended had to test negative for the virus beforehand.
Author: Stina Sieg CPR News
Published: 7:55 AM MST December 15, 2020
Updated: 7:55 AM MST December 15, 2020
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. — Last Friday evening, it was cold out at Grand Junction’s small airport and so dark you couldn’t see the imposing mesas just beyond the runway. Flood lights illuminated a sleek jet, all 58 feet of it, and a group from Colorado Mesa University walking its way.