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After she was picked as commencement speaker for fellow 2020 graduates at Otterbein University, Katie Exline considered focusing her speech on perspective. By the time she finally got to deliver it in front of them this month, they already had some of that.
“I don’t need to tell you all about the incredible things we are going to do or the ways that we will grow during our careers, because we have already started that process,” Exline, fresh off her first year of optometry studies at another university, said during the socially distanced ceremony at the small Ohio school. “This past year has been filled with uncertainties and situations far beyond anything I would have even dreamed of writing in a speech for the spring of 2020.”
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May 11, 2021
WESTERVILLE, Ohio (AP) After she was picked as commencement speaker for fellow 2020 graduates at Otterbein University, Katie Exline considered focusing her speech on perspective. By the time she finally got to deliver it in front of them this month, they already had some of that.
“I don’t need to tell you all about the incredible things we are going to do or the ways that we will grow during our careers, because we have already started that process,” Exline, fresh off her first year of optometry studies at another university, said during the socially distanced ceremony at the small Ohio school. “This past year has been filled with uncertainties and situations far beyond anything I would have even dreamed of writing in a speech for the spring of 2020.”
Last hurrah : 2020 college grads finally get ceremonies
KANTELE FRANKO, Associated Press
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1of5In this March 12, 2021, photo, Kaitlin Chambless, left, celebrates after taking her symbolic diploma during a Texas A&M University makeup graduation ceremony for spring and summer 2020 graduates, at Kyle Field in College Station, Texas. Scores of campuses around the U.S. are offering last year s graduates a chance to experience the in-person commencements they missed out on when the pandemic upended life. Some are inviting them to join in festivities for the Class of 2021, while others are hosting separate commencements for them this spring or special events later this year.(Michael Miller/College Station Eagle via AP)Michael Miller/APShow MoreShow Less