The COVID-19 pandemic has stretched most people thin and businesses were no different. On Friday night, the Grand Junction Area Chamber of Commerce honored those who went the extra mile
The COVID-19 pandemic has stretched most people thin and businesses were no different. On Friday night, the Grand Junction Area Chamber of Commerce honored those who went the extra mile
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.
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Colorado Mesa University tested all attending students, faculty and guests before its in-person commencement ceremonies. Of the 645 tests, 12 were positive, including two students. They were able to stream the graduation, instead. // Colorado Mesa University
It s cold out at the regional airport in the small city of Grand Junction, Colorado, with darkness so thick you can t see the mesas just off the runway.
Flood lights illuminate a sleek private jet, all 58 feet of it, and a group of faculty and staff from Colorado Mesa University walking its way. This is pretty surreal, to be honest with you, says CMU Vice President John Marshall. I mean, I guess no more surreal than anything else this year, right?
Stina Sieg/CPR News
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.
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. This is pretty surreal, to be honest with you, said CMU Vice President John Marshall. I mean, I guess no more surreal than anything else this year, right?