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Rain, cool temperatures, a gas shortage and even an international pandemic couldnât stop graduates of the University of Virginiaâs Class of 2020 from walking the Lawn, as hundreds returned to Charlottesville for a delayed ceremony Sunday.
Divided into two groups, 2020 graduates were at last given the in-person ceremony many craved after last yearâs ceremony had gone digital shortly after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Now, amid mass vaccinations and lifting of mask mandates, the graduates were invited back to participate in the ceremony, albeit with a twist: in addition to the time-honored walk down the Lawn, the graduatesâ promenade would continue all the way to Scott Stadium, where a socially distanced ceremony was held.