commencement exercises
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The period covers a critical moment on campuses during finals and commencement exercises.
From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2024
Harvard held its first in-person commencement exercises since 2019 on Thursday for the Class of 2022, with New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Arden delivering the keynote speech.
From Seattle Times • May 29, 2022
On this date in 1901, the first commencement exercises were held at Northern Arizona Normal School with class of four graduates.
From Washington Times • Jun. 7, 2017
Despite what sounds like a fairly dry program, these commencement exercises were a big hit.
From Time • May 13, 2016
Ten years afterward I was connected with a New York daily paper, and one evening I was detailed to go to a New Jersey city to report the commencement exercises of a college.
From How Private George W. Peck Put Down The Rebellion or, The Funny Experiences of a Raw Recruit - 1887 by Peck, George W. (George Wilbur)
