Colleges in Springfield salute graduates at virtual commencement ceremonies
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Springfield College President Mary-Beth Cooper congratulated students as 1,162 degrees were given for different levels at 2021 Commencement. (Hoang Leon Nguyen / The Republican)(Hoang Leon Nguyen / The Repub
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SPRINGFIELD The second spring of the COVID-19 pandemic required local colleges and universities to again rely on virtual means for commencement ceremonies, as hundreds of undergraduate and graduate degrees were conferred this weekend by Springfield College, Western New England University and American International College.
Springfield College was an exception. Following a virtual opening ceremony on Friday night, the college was able to host eight separate in-person ceremonies, with reduced populations at each, over the weekend at Stagg Field. Western New England and AIC relied on virtual events Saturday and Sunday.
According to a June 2019 memo, if a law school is out of compliance with the standard and in a subsequent year reports a bar pass rate of at least 75%, the school “will have cured its noncompliance and will be found back in compliance with the standard.”
Charleston School of Law accomplished that in February 2021. Larry Cunningham, the school’s dean, told the ABA Journal in an email they were able to demonstrate Standard 316 compliance with a class of 2019 pass rate above 75%.
“ABA Standard 316 sets a floor, not a ceiling. We are going to continue striving to improve our bar passage rate, which is an important outcome for students,” he wrote.
POST Commission
The Massachusetts Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) Commission is charged with creating a mandatory certification process for police officers, as well as processes for decertification, suspension of certification, or reprimand in the event of certain misconduct.
About us
The POST Commission was established as part of the criminal justice reform enacted in Chapter 253 of the Acts of 2020. By establishing the Commission, the Commonwealth is taking an important step to improve public safety and increase trust between members of law enforcement and the communities they serve.
About the Commissioners
Appointees of the Governor
The Honorable Judge Margaret R. Hinkle (Ret.) served from 1993 until 2011 as a Justice of the Superior Court of Massachusetts, and will serve as Chair of the POST Commission. Since her retirement in 2011, Judge Hinkle has worked as an alternative dispute resolution professional for JAMS, a private alternative dis
Sunshine will greet us on Sunday with a wind out of the west northwest, which means warmer air, so highs will climb rapidly into the mid and upper 60s by afternoon, while cooler at the south facing shorelines.
Most of us will have a rain free Mother’s Day with the best weather happening late morning into early afternoon. Clouds will increase as the day goes along and an area of low pressure will approach from the southwest late tomorrow, bringing a chance for rain near the south coast after dinner time and slowly spreading east.
That system will stall east of Maine sending a brisk northwest wind our way on Tuesday.