The COVID-19 pandemic halted traditional graduation ceremonies last year, but this spring, area colleges are holding on-campus commencements â with precautions in place.
California University of Pennsylvania will host three in-person commencement ceremonies for graduates over two days, May 7-8, at Cal Uâs 6,000-seat Convocation Center.
Interim university President Robert Thorn will confer more than 1,000 degrees at the ceremonies, although not all graduates will attend.
The staggered graduation ceremonies were organized by the college to meet state-mandated occupancy limits. Students from the School of Graduate Studies and Research will attend at 7 p.m. May 7; students from the College of Education and Liberal Arts at 10 a.m. May 8; and students from the Eberly College of Science and Technology at 2 p.m. May 8.
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Beaverton church offers nearly $13K in grants to nonprofits serving low-income people
Updated Feb 22, 2021;
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The Southminster Presbyterian Church Foundation is awarding $12,900 in grants to nonprofit organizations in Multnomah and Washington counties that serve low-income people in the Portland area.
According to a press release, the foundation “is encouraging local non-profit organizations that provide food, shelter, medical, and/or mental health services to low-income persons to apply for a grant.”
The deadline to apply is this Saturday, Feb. 27. The application is available online.
Priority will be given to funding services, then facilities and equipment and then staff.
The foundation has been awarding grants since 1980. In 2020, recipients included Meals on Wheels Beaverton and Just Compassion of East Washington County.