Faced with a pandemic and mom s cancer diagnosis, graduate walks across stage for diploma
and last updated 2021-06-02 15:56:11-04
SAN DIEGO, Calif. â For the first time since the pandemic, graduates are walking across a stage to receive their diploma, hearing their names in-person instead of through a screen.
But even before facing a global pandemic, some students weren t sure this day would ever come. For lack of a better word: surreal. I just canât believe it, said Cameron McCullough, a biology major at San Diego State University (SDSU).
A few months into his freshman year, his mom was diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma, metastatic to the bone. Eventually, they couldnât pay the mounting bills for his education.
The Honorable James Roy Bean III
Judge James Roy Bean III, 73, passed away on April 27, 2021 at Doctors Memorial Hospital in Perry, FL, following an extended illness. Judge Bean was born January 16, 1948 in Saginaw, Michigan to James Roy Bean Jr. and Rella Mae Cannon Bean. He was a graduate of Bridgeport High School in Bridgeport Michigan where he played several sports, including Football, Basketball, Wresting, and Track. Following High School, he attended and graduated from Michigan State University with an undergraduate in pre-law. He fulfilled his Graduate School Law Degree from Wayne State University in Detroit, MI, earning his Juris Doctor. Judge Bean served as the Circuit Judge of Florida’s Third Judicial Circuit for 21 years before his retiring in 2013. Judge Bean began his legal career as a private attorney in Savannah, GA before deciding to sit for the Florida Bar Exam, which he passed. Having passed the Bar Exam, he accepted a position with the Palm Beach Co