'They allowed us to share this moment together': Graduates celebrate together Share Updated: 6:46 PM CDT May 7, 2021 Share Updated: 6:46 PM CDT May 7, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript FULL FORECAST ALEXANDER DAVID. I THANK SEAN AFTER A YEAR OF REMOTE LEARNING AND SOCIALLY DISTANCED GRADUATIONS UNO STUDENTS GET TO CELEBRATE GRADUATION IN PERSON AT BAXTER ARENA A MOTHER AND SON SAY IT’S BEEN A LONG TIME COMING KETV NEWSWATCH 7’S ALEX MCCLUNE INTRODUCES US TO THE TWO WITH A LOT TO BE PROUD 8 AM GRADUATION DAY SOME MIGHT TAKE IT FOR GRANTED, BUT THIS WAS A LONG TIME COMING FOR ANDREW AND TERRY ONLINE SCHOOL IS DIFFERENT BEFORE WE DID NOT HAVE ONLINE SCHOOL. IT’S WAY DIFFERENT. SHE DROPPED DOWN DECADES AGO, BUT WHEN ANDREW WAS CLOSING IN ON GRADUATION, TERRY DECIDED TO FINISH WHAT SHE STARTED AFTER ALL HER SON WAS THE REASON WHY SHE LEFT SCHOOL IN THE FIRST PLACE TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL. I WAS VERY CLOSE WHEN HE BORN AND AS I SAW HIM WORKING TOWARDS HIS ACHIEVEMENT, I JUST FELT LIKE YOU KNOW I SHOULD DO IT ANDREW GRADUATED FROM THE COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES FRIDAY MORNING. TERRY ACCEPTED HER DIPLOMA ALONGSIDE HIM, BUT AGE WASN’T THE ONLY THING PUTTING HER OUT OF PLACE HER DEGREE IS FROM THE COLLEGE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS. THEIR GRADUATION ISN’T UNTIL 7:30 TONIGHT, BUT THE UNIVERSITY MADE SURE THE PAIR HAD THEIR MOMENT TOGETHER. I DID NOT EXPECT TO GRADUATE IN PERSON JUST BECAUSE WITH EVERYTHING GOING ON. SO IT’S DEFINITELY LIKE IT WAS A COOL EXPERIENCE TO HAVE DESPITE DISTANCE SEATS AND SEPARATE PODS ABOUT 300 STUDENTS, SAT THROUGH SPEAKERS AND MESSAGES FROM THE LIKES OF LOMBARD BURTON AND TONY HAWK. SCHOOL WAS CONFUSING IN A PANDEMIC. I’M JUST REALL SHARED IN THIS GRADUATING IN PERSON MAKES A LOT.