Form to replace 2020-21 letter grades with Credit/No Credit will open later this month dailynorthwestern.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from dailynorthwestern.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
For the second year in a row, graduation celebrations are virtual due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Northwestern will host a remote University-wide commencement on June 14, but each school will have its own, separate in-person convocation. In keeping with COVID-19 social distancing guidelines, each student will be allowed four guests for the in-person ceremonies.
With the COVID-19 pandemic stabilizing, some graduating seniors said they are still finding ways to celebrate accomplishments.
McCormick senior Cem Civelek, an international student from Turkey, said he expects to hold small “impromptu events” with his vaccinated friends.
Civelek said he will also see his parents for the first time in 18 months for graduation because COVID-19-related travel restrictions prevented him from returning home. He said he was overjoyed when he learned his parents would be able to attend convocation.
Kelly Mayo, interim dean for The Graduate School, will serve in permanent post starting May 1, according to a Friday University news release.
Mayo has led TGS since June 2020 after Teresa Woodruff left the position to become provost at Michigan State University amid student calls for resignation. He also served as interim associate provost for graduate education since last spring.
“I am extremely honored to continue to work with our outstanding students and to partner with faculty, staff and administration to support graduate education at Northwestern,” Mayo said in the release. “Strong graduate programs are a key foundational element supporting our collective mission as a great research and teaching university.”
SpaceX president Gwynne Shotwell to deliver 2021 commencement address dailynorthwestern.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from dailynorthwestern.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.