HANCOCK There were no hugs or handshakes (though fist bumps and elbow bumps were OK).
Masked and socially distanced, 63 Finlandia University graduates were able to celebrate with an in-person commencement Thursday night, the first to be held in the university’s Hirvonen College of Health Sciences Auditorium.
Delivering the student address was Ramona Kuhn, who graduated with a bachelor’s degree in ceramics.
The St. Cloud, Minnesota, native graduated with a 4.0. She participated in student leadership programs and community services activities, and also studied abroad in Florence, Italy. She combined ceramics skills and a drive to serve in her 2019 Illuminarie Mug Project a limited series of 100 cups to raise awareness for suicide prevention after losing a high school classmate to suicide.