Graduation

Stacey Abrams tells 2021 graduates at Teachers College, Columbia University that “what you want can be made real” if you don’t give up.

John Legend delivered Duke University’s undergraduate commencement address on Sunday, May 2.

Two years ago, 15-year old Emma Earhart and her mom, 39-year-old Kathy Earhart began their journey at the University of North Texas at Denton, and on May 1 they’ll end it just as they started: together.

Almost a year after college graduation, 45% of the class of 2020 are still looking for work, according to a survey from career website Monster.

High school proms and graduation ceremonies can take place this spring but should have precautions to reduce the possibility of spreading COVID-19, Connecticut’s Department of Public Health said. Attendees should wear masks and practice social distancing regardless of their vaccination status, the department said Friday as it issued a series of guidelines. Events also should be held outdoors with...

Connecticut is receiving an additional 288,000 COVID-19 vaccines this week, according to Governor Ned Lamont. With people 16 years old and older now eligible, the governor said soon he will start planning for parades, graduations and proms. “If you’re going to school, you got your cohort of friends, I would like to think we can have a nice prom this…

Schools across Connecticut are planning for what school activities like graduation will look like amide the ongoing coronavirus pandemic as people get vaccinated.

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Graduating seniors from New Britain High School walked across the stage on Thursday. They were the first of four groups having a socially-distanced graduation ceremony at Willow Brook Park. “I’m very excited,” said Victor Bayron, a graduating senior. “I never thought I could make it this far, but I’ve always had people supporting me and surrounding me to keep...

Jordan Kudlak works as a nurse in a Covid-19 unit in South Carolina and has seen firsthand how coronavirus can be serious—or fatal—for both the old and young. And now that she has contracted the virus herself, she has personally experienced how easy the virus is to catch, even if you take every precaution.

High school seniors are being celebrated in new and special ways despite the coronavirus pandemic

All across the state, high schools have been forced to reinvent graduation ceremonies. That creativity continues; this time in Canton. On Friday night, teachers and students found a way to celebrate the accomplishments of the 2020 class. In a socially distant yet, festive way, the graduation started in the school parking lot. “You know, this is a whole new experience,”…

Students and parents watched on big screen in Canton shopping plaza while students were honored and given diplomas.

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In Hartford, students have been able to get their diplomas without ever leaving their car as schools find ways to celebrate gradauating seniors during the coronavirus pandemic

Latino graduates from across the country were honored on Friday in a virtual celebration put on by Excelencia in Education, a national organization that works with institutions of higher education to improve Latino college enrollment and completion. “Forty percent of Latinos that go to college are the first in their families to go,” Excelencia co-founder and CEO Deborah Santiago said. “This...

Ellington High School held a drive-in graduation at the Mansfield drive-in theater in a unique celebration for seniors