On Sept. 14, the Center for Civic Engagement held their first Public Square event of the school year, “Holidays at WSU: Thanksgiving to Juneteenth.” The Public Square initiative is an ongoing project meant to facilitate discussion around a variety of topics. WSU graduate student Keilah Shaw, one of the program’s organizers, said they decided to.
WSU’s Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology overhauled its required curriculum in the wake of the George Floyd murder to continue elevating issues of systemic racism, bias and inequity.
Graduation for WSU students will look different for the third semester, and WSU students still have strong emotions about it.
Keilah Shaw, senior criminal justice major, said it is extremely difficult to think about graduation, especially because she and her fellow graduates will not be able to walk.
“I know that was the most saddening thing I think that I’ve ever been through,” she said. “[I’m] getting two degrees and [I don’t get] to walk at least once.”
Darby Miller, senior genetics and cell biology major, said graduation seems less exciting now that she will not be walking.