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Nearly 700 members of the Class of 2021 participated in commencement today, cheered on by professors, staff members, and a limited audience of in-person guests, who gathered to celebrate in the open air of Andy Kerr Stadium.
The University’s 200th ceremony followed yesterday’s Senior Torchlight Procession and a virtual baccalaureate service, which featured comments by winners of the Balmuth Award for Teaching and the 1819 Award. These longstanding traditions were carried forward by a determined community that submitted negative COVID-19 tests or proof of vaccination to participate, remaining Colgate Together to the very end of a remarkable in-person semester.
“We have had many days of sadness in the last year,” University Chaplain Corey MacPherson said in his commencement invocation. “So we are especially thankful for this day of celebration.”