Staff report
The 131st Annual Eastern Connecticut State University commencement exercises will take place in person May 15, adjacent to the Eastern campus at 83 Windham St., Willimantic.
To ensure the safety of graduates, their guests and other attendees, the university will follow strict social-distancing protocols and other current guidelines of the Centers for Disease Control and Connecticut State Department of Public Health. Accordingly, graduates will be limited to two guests each, and tickets will be required.
In addition, to manage audience density, two separate events are planned one in the morning starting at 9 a.m., and one in the afternoon starting at 3:30 p.m. with graduates split into two groups of equal size and in accordance with social distancing requirements. A ceremony for graduate students will take place midday. All three ceremonies will take place rain or shine.