December commencement changes spark mixed feelings
Some Ithaca College students have expressed mixed feelings about recent changes made to December Commencement, which will start December 2022.
Some Ithaca College students have expressed mixed feelings about recent changes made to December Commencement, which will start December 2022.
“It was a lot of faculty and staff just really giving up themselves to try to make the best experience possible.”
Graduates from the Class of 2020 popped bottles of champagne and celebrated with their families and pets over Zoom at commencement ceremonies.
Ithaca College’s commencement ceremony was scheduled to be held May 17. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the commencement ceremony was pushed to Aug. 2
Ithaca College will continue remote instruction for the remainder of the semester and commencement has been moved to Aug. 1 for the Class of 2020, according to a campus wide email sent March 17.
It’s a spring day and students are out lounging in their hammocks, balancing on their tightropes and sitting on blankets or benches.
The college will present honorary Doctor of Letters degrees to Melissa Harris-Perry, journalist, and Ithaca Mayor Svante Myrick at commencement.
Daniel H. Weiss is the first Commencement speaker since 2009 who is not an alum of the college.
The Class of 2018 will have their names read as they walk across the stage at Commencement. Previously, graduates stood as their school was called.
The Ithaca College Commencement Committee has decided that the Class of 2018 will walk and have their names read at the Commencement ceremony.
Why ask people what they think the college should do for their Commencement ceremonies if their students don’t even attend the college yet?
The Ithaca College Commencement Committee is looking for feedback in response to a charge given by President Shirley M. Collado when she took office in July.