Parents and students rally outside the Michigan Union on March 6, 2021, calling for an in-person Spring Commencement. (Meredith Bruckner)
ANN ARBOR – A group of University of Michigan parents and students gathered outside the Michigan Union on Saturday afternoon calling for the school to offer an in-person graduation.
“We very much wish that we could hold a safe Commencement in Michigan Stadium, along with the many other celebration activities that are a fundamental part of our community life and traditions,” U-M President Mark Schlissel wrote in a letter to the campus community at the time. “We still do not know what public health measures will need to be in place in May to hold events like commencement.”