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Ladies and gentlemen, the graduating class of 2020!

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Title (Dublin Core)

Ladies and gentlemen, the graduating class of 2020!

Description (Dublin Core)

My sister-in-law began working on her AA degree in 1997. As life took her in new directions, she never completed the degree. In 2016, as a mother of 3 and the Director of Human Resources for a foodservices company, she decided to go back and finish the work she once started. She completed her work in December of 2019 and our entire extended family eagerly awaited the day that we could watch her walk across the stage and celebrate her, as she has celebrated our academic milestones. Unfortunately, her graduation ceremony was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Not wanting this moment to pass by uncelebrated, we decided to host a virtual graduation party for her. We made her a "Congrats Grad!" poster, a money lei, hunted down a cap and gown, and even had mom sew a stole complete with the year and institution embroidered on it. We had our family dress up and join us via Zoom. We had her girls blindfold her and get her ready, and then walk her to a computer to join the Zoom call while Pomp and Circumstance was playing. It wasn't the graduation we had originally envisioned for her. However, it is one we will always remember. There were cheers, laughs and tears. And I am certainly glad that we did not let this moment pass us by.
#lostgraduations, #Zoom, #celebration, #education, #sanfranciscobayarea, #ASU, #HST580

Date (Dublin Core)

May 23, 2020

Creator (Dublin Core)

Joel Gagnon

Contributor (Dublin Core)

Shanna Gagnon

Event Identifier (Dublin Core)

HST580

Partner (Dublin Core)

Arizona State University

Type (Dublin Core)

Video

Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)

English Education--Universities
English Events
English Home & Family Life

Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)

#lostgraduations
degree
surprise
Zoom
celebration
graduation
#sanfranciscobayarea

Collection (Dublin Core)

San Francisco Bay Area
Humor
Lost Graduations

Linked Data (Dublin Core)

San Ramon Valley Unified School District Coronavirus News, Pre-School Closure
HST 580 Professional Experience/Archives course

Date Submitted (Dublin Core)

05/31/2020

Date Modified (Dublin Core)

06/13/2020
06/15/2020
04/13/2021
08/02/2022
10/16/2024

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Covid 19
Teaching
Arizona State University

This item was submitted on May 31, 2020 by Shanna Gagnon using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: https://covid-19archive.org/s/archive

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