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A little rain couldn't dampen excitement of in-person graduation at Colby College

13 of 13 Colby College graduates toss their caps into the air Sunday morning after receiving their diplomas in front of Miller Library during the college s 200th commencement, on Mayflower Hill in Waterville. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel WATERVILLE Light rain Sunday morning could not dampen the excitement of Colby College’s 200th commencement. Even as clouds rolled in and the ceremony was moved up 15 minutes, the feeling of celebration was palpable on Mayflower Hill in Waterville as speakers emphasized unity and perseverance during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.  As is tradition, Colby held its commencement ceremony on the lawn in front of Miller Library, creating a natural stage framed by campus buildings. The 520 graduates sat up front, with faculty, on folding chairs. Behind them were chairs filled with guests. And farther back, other guests brought their own chairs or spread out on the lawn.

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WATERVILLE, Maine (AP) Colby College graduates were treated Sunday to a poem in their.

A little rain couldn't dampen excitement of in-person graduation at Colby College

Poet Richard Blanco to speak at Colby College's 200th commencement ceremonies May 23

Poet Richard Blanco to speak at Colby College’s 200th commencement ceremonies May 23 The speaker at baccalaureate ceremonies May 22 will be higher education authority Charles Terrell who, along with Erin French, owner of the Lost Kitchen restaurant in Freedom, Nobel Prize winning geneticist and chronobiologist Michael Rosbach and Theresa Secord, award-winning Penobscot basket maker and founding director of Maine Indian Basketmakers Alliance, will receive honorary doctorates. Photo by Jacob Hessler WATERVILLE Poet Richard Blanco will deliver the commencement address May 23 at Colby College’s 200th commencement ceremonies, to be held in person at the Mayflower Hill campus, the college announced Thursday.