CVCC holds first in-person graduation since COVID-19 pandemic began
CVCC holds first in-person graduation since COVID-19 pandemic began By Jessie Gibson | May 13, 2021 at 8:59 AM EDT - Updated May 13 at 8:59 AM
PHENIX CITY, Ala. (WTVM) - For the first time since the pandemic began, Chattahoochee Valley Community College held their first in-person graduation Wednesday, May 12.
Safety measures were in place, including face masks being required and chairs placed six feet apart. Each graduate could invite two guests.
Administrators were excited to recognize graduates in a safe personal way for the first time in more than a year.
“Well definitely our enrollment numbers, we have seen decline during the course of the pandemic and that’s been a trend all over really; so it’s been a challenge - one that we are stepping up to the plate and taking on,” said Myya Robinson, Marketing and Media Coordinator. “So our institution is no different. It has definitely felt the affect
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Show Transcript Well, good morning, y all. It is sure good to be back home in Wilcox County. Yeah. For the last two weeks, the men and women of the Alabama National God have been rotating throughout rural counties around the state to administer the highly effective COVID 19 vaccine. Today, Dr Harris, Dr McIntyre and I are here at one of those clinics here at Wilcox Central High School in Alabama. We plan to use every tool and I to get to put an end to covid 19 once and for all. And no doubt the Alabama National Guard is a critical part of this effort. Our goal is simple, and that is to get shots off the shelf and into the arms of Alabamians. In the first week of these mobile vaccination clinics while competing with severe weather, our guardsmen set up shop in seven cou