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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.
Despite meaning "beginning", commencement may be mistaken to mean "ending" due to its association with the end of one's studies. Its usage originated with students finishing their studies and being awarded a degree, thus commencing as bachelors or masters in a subject and enjoying new privileges within academia.
Graduation procession of King's College London, showcasing the academic dresses created by globally-renowned fashion designer Vivienne Westwood during the Summer 2008 graduation. The installation of a university president is usually accompanied by a much more elaborate academic procession, involving visiting celebrants from other universities.
It was Fresno City College President Robert Pimentel’s first time presiding over a FCC graduation since taking over last July.
USC announced Thursday that it is canceling its main May commencement ceremony, ... "Zionism is a racist settler-colonialist ideology," and “One Palestinian state would mean Palestinian ...
The service is held within a couple weeks of the graduation/commencement ceremony, perhaps on a Sunday before, the day preceding, or immediately preceding the graduation. Speakers selected tend to be community leaders, faculty members, students, or local religious leaders, and may be elected by the graduating class.
The college’s 60th commencement ceremony on the main campus will take place on May 26 on the Don Odishoo Field at Stadium ’76. Both of the ceremonies are scheduled to start at 6 p.m..
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).