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  2020-06-03

  Social graduation: UBC virtual graduation ceremony

  Here is how UBC's personal invitation to their virtual graduation ceremony from the summer of 2020.
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  2020-07-29

  Social Graduation: Western's virtual graduation box

  Pictured is one of Western University's virtual graduation boxes given to every graduate during the summer of 2020.
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  2020-06-02

  Post Covid-era Graduation Seflie

  I liked this photo because it reminded me of my sister and her friends taking pictures after their graduations with their masks and diplomas like the girl depicted here is.
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  2020-05-15

  University of Arizona Department of History Commencement Ceremony Program

  Because of the pandemic, in-person graduation ceremonies were cancelled. Instead the ceremonies were held over Zoom. This program outlines the video webinar order of events for the graduation ceremony.
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  2020-06-01

  Isolation Graduation

  All of my life I have been dreaming of graduation. As a little girl, I would try to imagine what I would wear, how I would walk across the stage (when I was younger, I wanted to catwalk across our auditorium stage like a model – now that would just be embarrassing), what I would say in my valedictorian speech to part with my friends and teachers… and when that moment for those daydreams finally came, it was nothing like I had originally planned. What was once a thrilling time for all of the “lasts” turned into a last Zoom call, the last time logging into my high school Office account, the last email sent by my favorite teacher, and a last assignment turned in virtually. Not a senior prom, not a final picnic, not a fun-filled “skip day” (unless you count the days since March 13th) … I am not upset, I am not bitter, and I certainly do not dwell on what could have been. I understand that this was for our safety, and I would rather sacrifice those events than put myself or the people I love in a place where we could become ill. The day of graduation finally came after all of these years of waiting. What my school planned was very innovative, and I would choose this over a normal graduation any day. We filmed the speeches of the valedictorian and salutatorian, each student walking across the stage to receive their diploma from their family, compiled the clips into a video, and played it at our local drive-in. It was personalized for each student in our class of just sixty students. There were fireworks, gifts, and snacks for everyone in our class. I am not one to reminisce on my high school days. I was the person in my class that just wanted to leave our small town for bigger things. However, I find myself welling up with tears writing this. What my high school did for our graduation was so considerate and accommodating for the world we now live in. There is even a YouTube video of our graduation, online forever, which would have never happened under normal circumstances. I attached a link to it – my speech starts at 31:20 if you are interested.
• 2020-05-08

  "When you're trying to graduate but your neighbor's kid is turning 12"

  A guy is sitting in his living room attending his virtual graduation. There are car horns in the background as there is a birthday party going on.