"One of the larger questions facing higher education during the coronavirus pandemic is what to do about graduation ceremonies.
Widener University in Pennsylvania has made the decision to postpone its class of 2020 graduation ceremony by an entire year, to May 2021, an entire year later. Many students in the class of 2020 may not be able to attend due to military deployment, graduate school, work, or other unforeseen plans.
‘It feels like such a slap in the face and way too convenient of a decision for Widener rather than consulting the seniors at all,’ Taylor Young, class of 2020, told Campus Reform. ‘I absolutely refuse to step on the toes of the class of 2021,’ she added, pointing out that both ceremonies will be held on the same day.
Nursing student Katya Sadek was set to graduate this year. She told Campus Reform that the decision to postpone graduation was ‘premature.’" …