Graduating one semester apart, brothers walk together at commencement
When Jaylen Reinhart s graduation ceremony transitioned online last fall due to the pandemic, he participated, celebrated with his family, and moved on to working as a Project Engineer for a construction company in Ohio.
He refocused his excitement on his younger brother Tyler s upcoming graduation in the spring and looked forward to celebrating his brother s success.
When UF announced a few months later that every graduate who missed their in-person commencement would have an opportunity for a make-up in-person recognition ceremony, Jaylen looked forward to returning to Florida to attend his own graduation ceremony as well as his brother’s. But the two ceremonies were scheduled a week apart, which was longer than he could take off work. He decided to ditch his own ceremony and attend his brother’s.