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
Bowdoin College and the University of Maine Law School are holding commencement exercises.
From Seattle Times • May 26, 2018
On this date in 1901, the first commencement exercises were held at Northern Arizona Normal School with class of four graduates.
From Washington Times • Jun. 7, 2017
Despite what sounds like a fairly dry program, these commencement exercises were a big hit.
From Time • May 13, 2016
The college commencement exercises were held in the Central Church, on the "Green," and all the schools, male and female, were well represented in the large audience.
From 'Three Score Years and Ten' Life-Long Memories of Fort Snelling, Minnesota, and Other Parts of the West by Van Cleve, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark