Fordham's virtual graduation ceremony was “as good as it could have possibly been,” one student said.
COVID-19 quarantine has put the kibosh on in-person commencement ceremonies, but these rituals are streaming around New York City.
“I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach...,” McShane said, conjuring Thoreau’s self-isolation in 1845. In short order, he eloquently connected the dots to 2020. “The digital format is less than ideal,” added McCormack, who spent four years studying at the Rose Hill campus in the Bronx. “But it was a way to connect and as good as it could have possibly been.”
Last week, CUNY Chancellor Felix V. Matos Rodríguez recorded remarks that will go out to various schools celebrating commencement events in May and June, including Queens College, Brooklyn College, Lehman College, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, and others. For his taped speech, which he delivers in a fire engine-red robe from a university theater, he emphasizes that unforeseen events can rock your world.
At St. John’s University, President Conrado “Bobby” Gempesaw’s speech streams on May 31. His address, said a school spokesman, will echo remarks he made to graduates in his end-of-the-semester email.
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