Tag: Commencement
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GUEST OPINION: The banality of modern-day commencement speeches
It’s that season again. Graduation exercises are now upon us, that scholastic rite of Spring happening all over the country. Once again, we’ll hear another torrent of cliched advice being rolled out by celebrity commencement speakers for the Class of 2026. Please tell me why this annual exercise has become so predictably banal? Why is…
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CU Boulder to host in-person commencement
The University of Colorado Boulder’s Class of 2022 will get to walk across the stage and receive their diplomas at Folsom Field after two years of virtual ceremonies. The school will award nearly 9,000 degrees May 5. The ceremony will honor fall 2021 and spring and summer 2022 degree candidates, according to the university. NBC…
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Air Force Academy announces 2021 graduation speaker
The Air Force Academy announced Monday its May 26 graduation speaker will be Army Gen. Mark A Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Milley is the nation’s highest ranking military officer and a principal advisor to President Joe Biden. “General Milley has served in numerous command and staff positions as well as several operational deployments…
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Air Force Academy announces graduation plans
The Air Force Academy is moving forward with plans to celebrate the class of 2021 with family and friends May 26 at Falcon Stadium. COVID safety protocols will include wearing masks, social distancing and assigned group seating. Colorado Springs military base surveyed as possible holding site for migrant children Graduating cadets may invite three guests…