local businesses
Ithaca Area Commencements Bring Excitement From Businesses
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This year’s commencement weekend is anticipated to bring much needed business to Ithaca stores and eateries that have faced revenue hits due to the pandemic.
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University To Allow Limited Guests at May Commencement Ceremony
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In a Friday email, President Pollack announced the possibility for each graduate to invite two guests to the in-person Class of 2021 Commencement ceremony.
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Cornell Announces In-Person Commencement for Class of 2021
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Commencement for the Class of 2021 will be in person, but the reunion for last year’s graduating class will still be virtual.
class of 2020
President Pollack Expresses Hope for Class of 2021 In-Person Commencement
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Several universities, including Ithaca College and five out of the eight Ivy Leagues have committed to an in person commencement ceremony.
Columns
CHANG | Cornell, Have Graduation. Or Cancel it Faster.
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I don’t think we’ll get an in-person graduation. I’m calling it now, maybe even willing to make a couple of bets on it. With only 81 days until Commencement Day, we’ve received no information. Nada. Zilch.
Opinion
GUEST ROOM | Keep Your Virtual Celebration, and Give Me $20
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You lied to us, President Martha Pollack. In an email you wrote to us on March 20, 2020, you promised us that we would have our commencement, and, in your own words, that: “It will be a joyous one!…It will take place in Ithaca.”
And yet I awoke Wednesday morning to an email from Michelle J. Vaeth, associate vice president for alumni affairs, effectively crushing any hopes of the in-person commencement that had been promised to the accursed Class of 2020. (Seven hours later, presumably at the end of the workday, you deigned to tell us yourself).
In lieu of an in-person celebration, you offered — no, you told us — that we would instead have a virtual celebration as a part of the Cornell Reunion. If the past year has taught me anything, though, it’s that virtual celebration is an oxymoron. Haven’t we been subjected to enough virtual happy hours and hangouts in the past year to learn that they just don’t work?
At best, the virtual celebration will be mediocre.
class of 2020
Cornell Walks Back Promise, Moves 2020 Commencement, Summer Reunion Events Online
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This will be the University’s will be hosting its second consecutive virtual reunion — this year’s will include a commencement ceremony for the Class of 2020.
college comparison
Commencements Across Ivy League Range from Indefinite Suspension to Electronic Ceremonies
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Across the nation, classes have begun to transition towards being fully online. In response to the worsening spread of COVID-19, Commencement plans have been affected as well, throughout of the Ivy League.
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Commencement Not Canceled: President Promises Senior Send-off
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In an email to students on Friday, President Martha E. Pollack said that commencement will not be canceled, although it will be postponed from its typical date on Memorial Day weekend.
graduation
Commencement Weekend Left in Limbo as COVID-19 Sweeps the Nation
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As mounting concerns over COVID-19 become increasingly prevalent, the class of 2020 raises concerns about the future of their commencement celebrations.