“We have a lot of first-generation students, where graduation carries particular importance.”Like many students, Sarah Nwafor wore a graduation gown. Graduates at Wellesley, in Massachusetts, have another spring tradition: rolling a wooden hoop down a lane on campus. Wellesley College seniors cheer during an unofficial "graduation" ceremony on the campus in Wellesley, Mass., on Saturday, Mar 14, 2020. And under a tree on the Amherst campus in Massachusetts, the college’s president, Biddy Martin, gave an impromptu address. For a class graduating into a world of quarantines and social distancing, that seemed a fitting valediction.

Source: bd News24 March 18, 2020 05:26 UTC