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After an unusual year of virtual celebrations and online classes, the University of Nebraska-Lincolnâs 2020 graduates are invited back for an in-person commencement ceremony in August. On Tuesday, the UNLâs Commencement Committee invited last yearâs graduates via email to participate in an in-person graduation and walk across the stage the weekend of Aug. 13-14 at Pinnacle Bank Arena. Interested students must express their interest by June 4, according to the email. Students will be sent additional reminders until the deadline, according to Leslie Reed, UNLâs public affairs director. Final details regarding the ceremony will be sent out no later than the week of June 28 to students who express interest, according to the email.Â
Zoey Colglazier watched her graduation from the University of Wisconsin on a computer screen, while sitting in the same chair she sat in when she wrote her college application. After five years of grad school, recent University of California-Santa Barbara graduate Patrick Corona defended his 400-page dissertation over Zoom. The only high school teacher UW freshman Grace DeGroot has seen since March has been her Spanish teacher — who handed DeGroot her diploma through her car window. Whether finishing high school, undergrad or graduate school, post-grad life has been anything but normal for the class of 2020. Graduating Amid a Pandemic Last spring, UW announced a suspension of all face-to-face instruction from March 14 until April 10, which was later extended to the end of the semester. Then, March 18, Gov. Tony Evers instituted a closure of all K-12 schools.