La Salle News
One day, two Commencement ceremonies, and one unique location
The Classes of 2020 and 2021 took part in the first Commencement ceremonies ever held at Lincoln Financial Field.
To deliver an in-person graduation experience for its Classes of 2020 and 2021, La Salle University had to think big, get creative, and go where no other college or university had gone before: Lincoln Financial Field.
La Salle brought the spirit of 20th and Olney to 11th and Pattison on Saturday, May 15, mounting separate celebrations for the Classes of 2020 and 2021 at the South Philadelphia football stadium.
The Commencement ceremonies, which were also livestreamed, were the first ever to be held at the home of the Philadelphia Eagles. They also marked La Salle’s first off-campus Commencement since 1996, when the University conferred degrees at the former Philadelphia Civic Center in University City.
Michael Langmuir, â21, has a calling to support families through pediatric nursing.
A moment from one of Michael Langmuirâs first clinical rotations sticks with him to this day.
He had just overheard physicians explaining to a patient what few care and treatment options remained. She suffered from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), affecting the condition of her heart, and was told she may have less than a year to live.
âThe doctors walked out and I walked in,â Langmuir said.
The patient, while shedding tears, opened up to Langmuir. She discussed her condition, spinal stenosis, which included chronic pain and made movement extremely painful. She described it as debilitating, Langmuir recalled. He said nothing.