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Friday kicks off series of graduations across the state
VIDEO: Friday kicks off series of graduations across the state By Patrick Phillips | May 7, 2021 at 7:41 AM EDT - Updated May 7 at 6:50 PM
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - Members of the Class of 2021 will be turning their tassels across South Carolina Friday.
Graduates are receiving four tickets, one for the graduate and the remaining three for guests. Graduates will sit in the stands with their guests for the ceremony.
The University of South Carolina will hold the first of its commencement ceremonies at Williams Brice Stadium at 6 p.m. Friday for graduates of the Darla Moore School of Business, the Arnold School of Public Health and the School of Music.
Emma Blair, left, and Amelia Jones, right.
Two Wheeling natives Emma Blair and Amelia Jones are among eight West Virginia University seniors awarded the Order of Augusta, the university’s highest student honor.
Also, Adam Craig of Wheeling is one of 42 other WVU seniors to be honored by the WVU Foundation as “Outstanding Seniors.”
“Each spring, WVU recognizes its top graduates with the Outstanding Senior award and the Order of Augusta,” said Maryanne Reed, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs. “These students have already become leaders, innovators and change-makers in their communities and beyond. I have no doubt that they will continue to ‘go first’ in everything they do.”
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Pentagon chief Austin among speakers to South Carolina grads
By MEG KINNARDApril 22, 2021 GMT
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin is among the speakers at the University of South Carolina’s spring’s commencement exercises, which are being held in-person at the school’s massive football stadium for the first time.
Austin will speak May 8 to graduates of the College of Arts and Sciences, the College of Information and Communications and the South Carolina Honors College, university officials said Thursday. A day earlier, Gov. Henry McMaster will address graduates of the Darla Moore School of Business, the Arnold School of Public Health and the School of Music.