Eastern to Hold Virtual Commencement on May 19
Willimantic, CT (05/18/2020) — More than 1,250 undergraduate and graduate students and their families will watch from home when Eastern Connecticut State University conducts its 130th annual Commencement Exercises via YouTube on May 19. The "virtual" event begins at 6 p.m. that evening - the same day the University had originally planned to hold its graduation ceremony at Hartford's XL Center.
Eastern President Elsa Núñez will be joined by Commencement Speaker Mark Boxer, executive vice president and chief information officer at Cigna, along with Provost Bill Salka, University Senate President Andrew Utterback and Senior Class Vice President Emily Kerfoot.
Eastern graduates were mailed a package that included their diploma cover, the printed program for the evening and their mortarboard and tassel so that they can celebrate their graduation with family in the safety of their homes.
The commencement program goes live at 6 p.m. on May 19 on Eastern's official You Tube channel, https://www.youtube.com/EasternConnecticutStateUniversityVideo.
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Eastern Connecticut State University is the state of Connecticut's public liberal arts university, serving 5,000 students annually at its Willimantic campus and satellite locations. In addition to attracting students from 162 of Connecticut's 169 towns, Eastern also draws students from 34 other states and 19 countries. A residential campus offering 41 majors and 65 minors, Eastern offers students a strong liberal art foundation grounded in an array of applied learning opportunities. Ranked among the top 30 public universities in the North Region by U.S. News and World Report in its 2019 Best Colleges ratings, Eastern has also been awarded 'Green Campus' status by the Princeton Review 10 years in a row. For more information, visit www.easternct.edu.
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Michael Rouleau, (860) 465-0172, rouleaum@easternct.edu; Edward Osborn, (860) 465-5043, osborne@easternct.eduShare this Story
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