Bacow judged acutely how much students and families cared about having their big moment at the end of their College or graduate- and professional-school labors. When could such a ceremony be held, and how? What would it mean to clone a “commencement” for people who had already received their degrees, and so would reconvene not as students but as alumni? Who would want to come back?Īs it turns out, presidents are paid to have good antennae, and this one-a consummate people person-has an excellent set. Bacow promised members of the class of 2020, dispersed from campus as of March 15, that they would come together again for a proper Commencement, and reiterated that pledge to their successors the following year, it seemed both the right thing to do, and a rash idea. It bids fair to become the iconic moment in the community’s collective memory of the terrifying, isolating, and disorienting months from March 2020-and of the strengths that enabled people at Harvard, and everywhere, to persevere. A tribute to those who served Harvard and humanity during the pandemic, spoken by members of the classes of 20, accompanied by images and music, was punctuated with a refrain of “We salute you, and we thank you”-repeated until morphing at the end into two powerful, surprise expressions of love for parents and congratulations to the students themselves (see below). Attorney General (appearing at a fraught time for American democracy), the ceremony itself had a stirring centerpiece. It was the centerpiece of a weekend of school and House ceremonies that brings a deferred, emotional closure to the graduates’ Harvard experiences.īeyond the understandable focus on the graduates, gathered at last in Tercentenary Theatre, in the presence of honored guests and special speaker Merrick Garland ’74, J.D. Our graduation backdrop is perfect for college, high school, doctorate graduation parties or celebrations.Following Thursday’s in-person, new-look Commencement for the class of 2022, the University this morning put on a unique, second “Commencement Celebration” for a huge crowd of 20 graduates (deprived of normal graduations during the COVID-19 pandemic) and their families and friends.

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