A December to remember for App State’s more than 1,700 graduates
More than 1,700 Appalachian State University graduates were conferred degrees during the university’s virtual Fall 2020 Commencement Dec. 11. This photo collage shows a handful of the numerous celebratory commencement photos shared by App State’s Class of 2020 graduates via social media. Photos submitted
“You have earned one of the most significant achievements of your lifetime, and you did so under historically challenging circumstances. … We are so very proud of how you persevered and arrived at this momentous occasion with grace and unwavering resilience.”
App State Chancellor Sheri Everts, in her address to App State’s Class of 2020
Updated December 11, 2020 7:44 p.m. EST
By Leslie Moreno, WRAL multimedia journalist
Raleigh, N.C. Seventy-two nurses received their pins in a drive-thru ceremony Friday upon graduating from Wake Technical Community College, becoming the newest faces on the front line of the coronavirus battle.
Recognizing that licensure exams will take longer to administer during the pandemic because fewer testing sites are open and students will have to take it individually in order to maintain physical distancing, the North Carolina Board of Nursing instituted “graduate registered nurse” status, allowing nursing graduates to go straight to work while waiting to take the exam.
Wake Tech nursing grads joining fight against COVID-19 abc11.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from abc11.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
New nurses ready to fight pandemic in Triangle wilm-tv.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wilm-tv.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.