{"id":4776,"date":"2021-05-11T09:11:15","date_gmt":"2021-05-11T14:11:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spectator.cuchicago.edu\/?p=4776"},"modified":"2021-05-11T09:11:15","modified_gmt":"2021-05-11T14:11:15","slug":"how-cuc-seniors-graduated-virtually-in-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spectator.cuchicago.edu\/?p=4776","title":{"rendered":"How CUC seniors graduated virtually in 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Concordia University Chicago\u2019s graduation ceremony will be held virtually for the third consecutive semester this spring for undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral students. The doctoral hooding ceremony will be held May 7 at 6 p.m., undergraduate graduation will be held May 8 at 2 p.m., and the post-graduate degree ceremony will be held May 8 at 4 p.m. There will also be a service of praise and consecration for the church work students on May 7 at 5 p.m. The service will be held in-person but live-streamed on CUC\u2019s Vimeo <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/cuclive\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">page<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0 For more details on how to watch commencement, visit the CUC <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cuchicago.edu\/Commencement?fbclid=IwAR2TPOsSUasw4MBxWIWag0ytwfJAFLjJ-GzluvbYmDcUK77-kNNRirsNtYI\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">website<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While seniors are disappointed that they are unable to walk across the stage in-person, this won\u2019t prevent them from participating in festivities afterward. Various seniors will be hosting watch parties with their families and close friends, but not all will be watching the virtual ceremony. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Michael Preston, BS, computer science<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4790 size-medium aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/spectator.cuchicago.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/MichaelPreston-1-scaled-1-380x475.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"380\" height=\"475\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI\u2019m not going to attend virtually, but I\u2019m still going to celebrate with my family.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Madelyn Shoemaker, BA, English and Sociology, <\/b><b><i>Summa Cum Laude<\/i><\/b><b>.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4777 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/spectator.cuchicago.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/MadelynShoemaker-e1628737690774-333x475.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"333\" height=\"475\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI\u2019m super bummed that we don\u2019t get an actual ceremony, so I\u2019m gonna take what I can get.\u201d Shoemaker will be watching the ceremony with her friends then later going out to eat with her parents. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Aletheia Grossman, BA, Theatre, <\/b><b><i>Summa Cum Laude<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4789 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/spectator.cuchicago.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/AletheiaGrossman-1-e1628737780263-342x475.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"342\" height=\"475\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI will be attending virtual graduation and going out to eat with my friends and family after.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Jess Smith, BA, Theatre, <\/b><b><i>Summa Cum Laude<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4788 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/spectator.cuchicago.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/JessSmith-1-317x475.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"317\" height=\"475\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI\u2019m attending and dressing nice and everything. I\u2019m gonna stream it on my computer with my family.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Sydney Plopper, BS, Education, <\/b><b><i>Magna Cum Laude<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4787 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/spectator.cuchicago.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SydneyPlopper-e1628737918223-349x475.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"349\" height=\"475\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cYou bet I will be watching online. Although, I really wish the ceremony was in-person.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Kayla McCloud, BA, Media Communication, <\/b><b><i>Cum Laude<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4778 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/spectator.cuchicago.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/KaylaMcCloud-scaled-1-e1628737959141-335x475.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"335\" height=\"475\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI am planning on attending virtual graduation. I\u2019m having a watch party with my family and close friends at my house.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Gillian Norris, BA, Art <\/b><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4780 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/spectator.cuchicago.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GillianNorris-e1628738256233-427x475.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"427\" height=\"475\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI will be attending from my living room in Fort Wayne, Indiana. I plan on just having a low-key celebration with my family and some cake.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":4780,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6,9],"tags":[172,630],"class_list":["post-4776","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campus-life","category-concordia-news","category-news","tag-commencement","tag-seniors"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spectator.cuchicago.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4776","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spectator.cuchicago.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spectator.cuchicago.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spectator.cuchicago.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/49"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spectator.cuchicago.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4776"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/spectator.cuchicago.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4776\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spectator.cuchicago.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spectator.cuchicago.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spectator.cuchicago.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spectator.cuchicago.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}