ANGOLA â The COVID-19 pandemic was not about to stop Trine University from educating students on campus this year, and it didnât halt commencement like it did in 2020.
For the first time since 2019, Trine University held its commencement exercise Saturday in the Keith Busse Athletic and Recreation Center on the Angola campus, the 135th in the universityâs history.
The picture was definitely one of a world that is still in the throes of the COVID-19 pandemic, with all of the graduates, staff, faculty and administration masked for the occasion, though some in the audience were not as requested.
Bringing live commencement back featured a keynote address by Gov. Eric Holcomb, who has been instrumental in leading Indiana out of the pandemic, though not without political cost this year during a legislative session that saw lawmakers strip him of some of his executive powers to deal with emergencies.
ANGOLA — The COVID-19 pandemic was not about to stop Trine University from educating students on campus this year, and it didn’t halt commencement like it did in 2020.