AACC chooses Live! as graduation venue

Continued from page 1 seats and getting ready for the event, there’s so much excitement and so much enthusiasm,” Lindsay said. “It’s not uncommon to kind of bring a tear to my eye because I realize how special today is for our students, and how much there is to celebrate.”

She said having two ceremonies will allow students to invite more guests.

“We had a discussion that we could have actually had one ceremony if we limited our students to only two guests,” Lindsay said. “But we don’t want to limit our students to only two guests. We want them to be able to have five guests. And in order to do that, to accommodate at Live!, we needed to do two different ceremonies.”

Lindsay said being chosen as grand marshal or faculty marshal for the ceremony is a significant award.

She added the two faculty members students choose to win the Teaching Excellence award will deliver the commencement speeches at the two ceremonies.

According to Dean of Enrollment Services John Grabowski, the college will not require participants to wear masks or practice social distancing during the event.

The May 25 graduation will fall on the Jewish holiday of Shavuot, whose observation begins at sunset.

Lindsay encouraged students who observe Shavuot to sign up for the 2 p.m. commencement, even if they are a part of the schools of Liberal Arts or Business and Law.

“So if anybody’s in that situation, and they, you know, still want to be able to celebrate with their family come sunset,” Lindsay said, “all they need to do is let us know that the family and themselves … need to come at 2 o’clock for the ceremony so that we can be sure that they’ll be home by evening.”

Gauntt, who was the newspaper’s associate editor starting in August 2022, attends AACC and is also a homeschooled high school senior.

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