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SIUE celebrates 2020 grads FacebookTwitterEmail SIUE Chancellor Randy Pembrook, left, greets alumna Tatyana Curtis with Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Denise Cobb in a celebration of 2020 graduates who were unable to celebrate in-person during spring and fall 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Commencement exercises continue through Sunday. EDWARDSVILLE — Southern Illinois University Edwardsville on Thursday provided a commencement event for its 2020 graduates who were unable to have a live commencement ceremony last spring and fall because of the COVID-19 pandemic. SI...

SIUE begins commencement season The Telegraph FacebookTwitterEmail EDWARDSVILLE — Commencement season began Saturday at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville with the School of Pharmacy ceremony at Korte Stadium. Chancellor Randy Pembrook and Dean Mark Luer conferred degrees upon 79 graduates in the 2021 class. The outdoor ceremonies were the first held at SIUE since the early 1990s. To return to in-person commencement exercises during the COVID-19 era, Pembrook is overseeing 10 smaller outdoor ceremonies for 2,325 eligible graduates during the first two weekends in May. All ceremonies ...

2,325 students to receive degrees The Telegraph FacebookTwitterEmail SIUE commencement speakers include, from left, top row, Ronald Akpan, Sam Childerson and Kenzie Holzinger; bottom row, Bailey Johnston, Conner McClain, Leanne Montgomery and Peter Romero. EDWARDSVILLE — Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Chancellor Randy Pembrook will oversee a series of 10 outdoor, in-person ceremonies at Korte Stadium for 2,325 eligible graduates at the University’s 2021 Spring Commencement exercises during the first two weekends in May. The School of Pharmacy will begin at noon Saturday, May 1....