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Seniors at both local high school missed out on their proms because of the pandemic, but theyre still stepping out in formal finery.

May 10, 2021 by Aimee Minbiole Honorary degrees will also go to scholars in the arts, education, and sciences. Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Annette Gordon-Reed 81 will deliver the main address and receive an honorary degree at Dartmouths 2021 commencement. (Photo by Tony Rinaldo) PreviousNext Annette Gordon-Reed 81, a law scholar, MacArthur Fellow, and Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, will deliver the main address and receive an honorary degree at Dartmouths 2021 commencement in Memori...

Share Prof. Deborah Nelson has been named the speaker for the University of Chicago’s Convocation ceremony on June 9. The Helen B. and Frank L. Sulzberger Professor of English and the College, Nelson specializes in the study of late 20th-century U.S. culture and politics. Her research interests include American literature and plays, gender and sexuality studies, photography, and Cold War history. “I’m honored to address this year’s graduates, who have shown such remarkable perseveranc...

WATERTOWN — During Tuesday night’s Watertown City School District Board of Education meeting, Watertown High School principal Chad Fairchild presented the board with the plan for the graduation of the Class of 2021 and other efforts to make the end of the year memorable for seniors. The first way the district hopes to connect with seniors and get them ready and excited for graduation is through yard signs that it purchased for each of the 230 graduating seniors. The signs were deliver...

Professional basketball player Jeremy Lin ’10 will address the College’s Class of 2021 at this year’s virtual Class Day on May 26, the University announced Monday. Harvard announced in February it would postpone Commencement Exercises and hold a virtual ceremony in May for the second consecutive year in adherence to public health guidelines. University President Lawrence S. Bacow promised to hold an in-person celebration for members of the Class of 2021 and Class of 2020 once it ...

Photograph courtesy of Harvard University. Remember Linsanity? It’s returning to campus: Jeremy Lin ’10, the Harvard basketball stalwart (he was captain his senior year) who became a phenomenon in the National Basketball Association (NBA)—which has few Asian American players—has been named speaker for Harvard College’s virtual Class Day on Wednesday, May 26, during the online graduation and reunion exercises extending from May 25 through the Harvard Alumni Association’s annual meet...

Holyoke schools set graduation dates Updated 1:36 PM; HOLYOKE – The city’s public school system has set dates for high school graduations and senior year events. Acting Superintendent Anthony Soto updated the School Committee Monday on graduation and senior events for May and June. A majority of staff and students favored separate graduations for the Holyoke High School North and Dean Campuses. Both schools formed graduation task forces, which comprise students, teachers, parents, school...

This moms daughter will graduate from Yale. She cant be there to see it. FacebookTwitterEmail The entrance to Yale Universitys Old Campus across from the New Haven Green, Feb., 2021.Arnold Gold / Hearst Connecticut Media NEW HAVEN — Shirley Gatta has been waiting for the day when she could see her daughter Lauren walk across the stage for her diploma. She is especially proud that her daughter, who majored in graphic arts design, is graduating from Yale University. But given Gov. Ned Lamont’...

U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff has been named keynote speaker for Emory University’s Class Day, a student-organized event for students receiving bachelor’s degrees at this year’s Commencement. The program will be held virtually Thursday, May 14, at 6:30 p.m. on the Emory Commencement website. “The Class Day committee is thrilled to welcome Sen. Jon Ossoff to campus for Class Day 2021,” says Liz Greene, a senior political science and media studies major from Charlotte, North Carolina. “During ...

Trevor Noah will be speaking virtually the day before Princeton University's Commencement during Princeton University's Class Day.