At Tuesday’s Commencement, around 1,300 undergraduate degrees and 600 graduate degrees were awarded. Though there were no significant disruptions, during President Eisgruber’s Commencement speech over 70 students stood up and faced away from him, and around 15 students walked out.
Two seniors will not receive their degrees on Tuesday pending a disciplinary investigation into their involvement at a May 25 protest during an address by President Eisgruber. One of the seniors alleges that the two of them were not involved in the protest inside Richardson auditorium and opted to exit the room as the protest escalated.
The lawsuit is a new development in an ongoing dispute between the DoE and the University that concerns a Title VI investigation which started in September 2020 and ended in January 2021.
On Saturday, May 25 about 30 pro-Palestinian protesters briefly disrupted the P-Rade. This was met with both annoyance and support from various alumni, and the P-Rade proceeded as usual.