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After a year unlike any other, the University of Tennessee is celebrating with graduation ceremonies unlike any other.
For the first time, students are graduating at Neyland Stadium.
There is an extra layer of celebration for students, as these ceremonies are the largest in-person events UT has had in over a year. The pandemic closed the university last spring and postponed 2020 graduation ceremonies.
Although ceremonies were conducted in the fall, they were much smaller than the ones planned for this weekend.
For Haslam College of Business graduates Taylor Sherick, Matteo Sforza and Valentina Rezk, graduation was also a sweet reunion: It was the first time the friends had seen each other in nearly a year because of COVID-19, they said.
The COVID-19 pandemic brought a wave of uncertainty to almost all aspects of life. With the economy basically being shut down for a number of months in 2020 and workplaces