Zoey Colglazier watched her graduation from the University of Wisconsin on a computer screen, while sitting in the same chair she sat in when she wrote her college application.
After five years of grad school, recent University of California-Santa Barbara graduate Patrick Corona defended his 400-page dissertation over Zoom.
The only high school teacher UW freshman Grace DeGroot has seen since March has been her Spanish teacher who handed DeGroot her diploma through her car window.
Whether finishing high school, undergrad or graduate school, post-grad life has been anything but normal for the class of 2020.
Graduating Amid a Pandemic
Last spring, UW announced a suspension of all face-to-face instruction from March 14 until April 10, which was later extended to the end of the semester. Then, March 18, Gov. Tony Evers instituted a closure of all K-12 schools.