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The Roanoke College choir performing at a Baccalaureate service St. Thomas of Villanova Church during the 2008 Villanova University Baccalaureate.. A baccalaureate service (or baccalaureate Mass) is a celebration that honors a graduating class from a college, high school, or middle school.
A graduation is the awarding of a diploma by an educational institution. [1] [2] It may also refer to the ceremony that is associated with it, which can also be called commencement, congregation, convocation or invocation. The date of the graduation ceremony is often called graduation day. Graduates can be referred to by their year of graduation.
The commencement is a ceremony in which degrees or diplomas are conferred upon graduating students. A commencement speech is typically given by a notable figure in the community or a graduating student. The person giving such a speech is known as a commencement speaker. Very commonly, colleges or universities will invite politicians, important ...
A college convocation banner in India Interior of Convocation House, Oxford, the meeting place of the university's convocation. At universities, "convocation" can refer (particularly in North America) to a university's graduation ceremony [10] [11] or, more generally, to any formal assembly of the university (similar to congregation in some British universities).
USC announced Thursday that it is canceling its main May commencement ceremony, capping a dramatic series of moves that began last week after it informed valedictorian Asna Tabassum, who had been ...
Because a graduation party is a celebration of endings and beginnings, there's something extra special—and challenging—about hosting one. It can feel bittersweet for high school and college ...
George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton at the University of New Hampshire's 2007 commencement. A graduation or commencement speech, in the U.S., is a public speech given by a student or by alumnus of a university to a graduating class and their guests. Common themes of the graduation speech include wishing the graduates well in the "real world ...
What does a vote 'yes' or 'no' mean for Amendment 1? Voting yes to this amendment would make district school board elections partisan and candidates' political parties would be listed with their ...