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CHS alum receives degree
Hannah Grace Singleton of Corvallis graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in sociology/anthropology and French studies at Lewis & Clark Collegeâs 148th commencement ceremony, held virtually on May 8.
A 2017 graduate of Corvallis High School in Corvallis, Singleton is the daughter of Rachel Kirby and Robert Singleton.
While at Lewis & Clark, Singletonâs activities included being a professorâs assistant for the French department, president of Amnesty International Club, a participant in the Passport to Leadership Program, and a member of the Global Village Living & Learning Community. Her senior thesis is titled âRenting the Womb: A Surrogateâs Relationship to Compensation through Contractual Agreements.â
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Graduate students celebrated their commencement on Friday evening, and ceremonies Saturday and Sunday, the Purple Raider undergrads received their diplomas. The final ceremony was the Class of 2020’s commencement, in which last year’s graduates were invited to take part in a delayed event after the COVID-19 pandemic eliminated the chance for ceremonies.
Some of the six separate ceremonies were delayed by rain, and Sunday s took place inside Peterson Field House, due to bad weather. Friday night s and Saturday s were at Mount Union Stadium.
Mount Union’s annual #30DaysofExceptional campaign spotlights the school’s graduates and highlights their future plans. Some will continue on with graduate programs in Alliance, while others already have accepted jobs and have begun studies in other programs around the world.
Temi Akinola
Akinola of Charlottesville, a 2020 global security and justice and French language and literature graduate, is an English teaching assistant in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.
“I am particularly interested in education and its formation on peace-building and human rights,” she said. “I will be teaching English at an all-girls high school, completing tutoring college prep programs through the U.S Embassy and working with the National Council for Human Rights in [Ivory Coast].”
She was supposed to start in October 2020, but that was moved to the beginning of February.
“My stay has been condensed,” she said. “Some of the programs that would usually take place in person, such as student workshops, question-and-answer sessions and panels, have had to take place online or via Zoom.”
Temi Akinola
Akinola of Charlottesville, a 2020 global security and justice and French language and literature graduate, is an English teaching assistant in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.
“I am particularly interested in education and its formation on peace-building and human rights,” she said. “I will be teaching English at an all-girls high school, completing tutoring college prep programs through the U.S Embassy and working with the National Council for Human Rights in [Ivory Coast].”
She was supposed to start in October 2020, but that was moved to the beginning of February.
“My stay has been condensed,” she said. “Some of the programs that would usually take place in person, such as student workshops, question-and-answer sessions and panels, have had to take place online or via Zoom.”