commencement exercises

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The period covers a critical moment on campuses during finals and commencement exercises.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2024

Harvard held its first in-person commencement exercises since 2019 on Thursday for the Class of 2022, with New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Arden delivering the keynote speech.

From Seattle Times • May 29, 2022

But the gift also reminded him of so many other students who were not at Sunday’s commencement exercises: the men whose finances forced them to leave Morehouse before graduation.

From New York Times • May 22, 2019

Accordingly, their students’ displays of knowledge became a smaller part of the commencement exercises.

From Time • May 13, 2016

It was the first Overton commencement in which the three Oakdale girls had taken part, and greatly to their satisfaction they had been detailed to usher at the commencement exercises.

From Grace Harlowe's Third Year at Overton College by Flower, Jessie Graham [pseud.]