Before this past year, many would have thought that a graduation ceremony without all the usual pomp and circumstance wouldn’t be a graduation at all. But through the pandemic, it’s the mere celebration of academic accomplishment and success that makes graduation special.
On Friday, Colorado Mountain College’s Vail Valley Campus proved just this as it graduated one of its largest classes ever. The graduates from CMC spanned across generations, even including several high school seniors, and degrees from business and education to fire science and sustainability studies.
While the commencement was missing some of its more traditional conventions like keynote speeches, formal graduate addresses and a full procession of graduates the college maintained an atmosphere of excitement and celebration as graduates received their diplomas.