Southern University Law Center to host in-person commencement ceremony, May 14
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BATON ROUGE - South Louisiana s Spring graduates are eager to celebrate their achievements in both virtual and in-person commencement activities.
While some institutions may choose to keep commencement activities virtual, as an increasing number of citizens become fully vaccinated others feel in-person commencement ceremonies are appropriate.
The Southern University Law Center announced Thursday (April 1) that its campus will host a Spring in-person commencement ceremony on May 14 at 5 p.m. at A.W. Mumford Stadium.
The Law Center says it will continue to monitor state-based coronavirus guidelines closer to time to provide further ceremony details.
Zoey Colglazier watched her graduation from the University of Wisconsin on a computer screen, while sitting in the same chair she sat in when she wrote her college application.
After five years of grad school, recent University of California-Santa Barbara graduate Patrick Corona defended his 400-page dissertation over Zoom.
The only high school teacher UW freshman Grace DeGroot has seen since March has been her Spanish teacher who handed DeGroot her diploma through her car window.
Whether finishing high school, undergrad or graduate school, post-grad life has been anything but normal for the class of 2020.
Graduating Amid a Pandemic
Last spring, UW announced a suspension of all face-to-face instruction from March 14 until April 10, which was later extended to the end of the semester. Then, March 18, Gov. Tony Evers instituted a closure of all K-12 schools.