VWU to hold in-person commencement ceremonies for class of 2021 VWU and last updated 2021-05-07 21:19:15-04 VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - Virginia Wesleyan University will hold in-person commencement ceremonies for the Class of 2021. This Saturday and on May16, VWU will hold an in-person graduation ceremony on campus in the TowneBank Arena after having to go virtual last year due to COVID-19. Dr. Timothy Carter, President of the Boston-based environmental advocacy organization Second Nature, will serve as keynote speaker. The following schools will hold ceremonies on Saturday, May 8: Birdsong School of Social Science: 9:00 a.m. Joan P. Brock School of Mathematics and Natural Sciences: 11:30 a.m.