The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/tag/commencement/)
In a speech at the 2023 Commencement Ceremony, President Martha Pollack encouraged students to recognize their growth throughout their academic journeys and to lead with courage in their post-graduate careers.
On April 21, the University announced that actress Constance Wu, who starred in “Crazy Rich Asians” and “Fresh Off the Boat,” will be the 2022 Senior Convocation keynote speaker.
After canceling its December 2021 commencement ceremony due to a campus-wide COVID-19 outbreak, the University has announced that it will hold an in-person ceremony for the Class of 2022 this spring.
The commencement ceremony for the Class of 2020 was held this weekend, over a year after they were meant to celebrate their graduation.
Many in-person Homecoming events — except for the football game and the Class of 2020 Commencement ceremony — are canceled again this year.
Many students bought and sold surplus tickets for the 2021 commencement, slipping the University rules designating two guests per graduate.
Dressed in caps, gowns, tassels and graduation cords, many students in the Class of 2021 lined Schoellkopf Field this weekend for the first in-person graduation since December 2019.
In the 2021 convocation speech on Friday, bestselling author Roxane Gay encouraged graduates to ardently pursue their dreams throughout their lives.
After ordering commencement apparel through supplier Herff Jones, graduating seniors experienced delays, product errors and identity theft.
After months of deliberations, the convocation committee announced Thursday that author Roxane Gay will be the convocation speaker for the Class of 2021.