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SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. â More than 500 students graduated from Skidmore College on Saturday morning.
Students were able to receive their diplomas while walking across the stage in their caps and gowns at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center.
In the Class of 2021, 35 states and 43 countries were represented. There were 32 students who are dual citizens and 80 first-generation students. Roughly 13 percent of students were international.
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âWe came here not only to make ourselves proud but also our entire family and country. Some of us are the very first to do it. Breaking generational curses with an 8 a.m. is not what any of us expected, but itâs what we did,â Class President Raymi Ramirez to her fellow graduates.
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Skidmore campaign raises nearly $230 million | The Daily Gazette
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Skidmore College s new Center for Integrated Sciences in Saratoga Springs is pictured on Monday.
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SARATOGA SPRINGS Skidmore College raised nearly $230 million during a seven-year campaign to support construction of the college’s new science building, expanded financial aid and other areas across the college.
The fundraising campaign, which concluded Dec. 31 with over 27,000 contributing a combined $229.4 million, marks the largest in the private college’s history. College officials said the money will be used to strengthen “every aspect of the Skidmore experience,” including for athletics, health and wellness initiatives, and arts programming at the France Young Tang Teaching Museum and Gallery.