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As COVID-19 vaccine eligibility expands across the country, administrators say they are feeling optimistic about a return to campus this fall.
News By Ryan Anastasio Apr 19, 2021 1:24 AM
As a second full semester of online learning comes to a close, officials continue to express optimism about the prospect of returning to campus this fall.
Officials have consistently said they anticipate returning to campus to the “fullest extent possible” but have yet to make a definitive decision. Administrators announced in March that the University will initiate a phased campus reopening this summer with courses that require face-to-face instruction held in person and other classes held online.
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Bunch also served as a museum studies and history professor at GW from 1990 to 2000, the release states.
Lonnie Bunch, the secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, will be this year’s Commencement speaker, officials announced in a release Monday.
Bunch will also receive a Doctor of Humane Letters honorary degree when officials hold an in-person ceremony on the National Mall in the future, the release states. He is the first African American and the first historian to lead the Smithsonian, according to the release.
“Secretary Bunch’s contributions to the world, through his leadership of the Smithsonian, dedication to teaching and research and far-reaching influence on our understanding of history and culture are truly remarkable,” University President Thomas LeBlanc said in the release.
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Officials held Commencement virtually for the Class of 2020 last year with plans for both classes to return for an in-person ceremony on the National Mall at a future date.
Following several universities’ announcements that they will hold in-person commencement ceremonies next month, GW will keep its current plan of postponing an in-person celebration, officials said in a release Friday.
Provost Brian Blake said in the announcement that GW faces restrictions with holding an in-person Commencement on the National Mall like National Park Service regulations, which other D.C.-area universities are not experiencing. He said officials repeatedly heard in conversations with students, graduates and families that students are willing to wait to hold Commencement until they can gather with as many friends and family as possible.