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It's been a while since Anderson Cooper Attended a High School Graduation.
Thipu1:
--- Quote from: Sharnita on June 14, 2012, 06:57:43 PM ---evne when they called my name all I got was the "holder" - diploma itself came later (this has actually been true of high school, undergrad and grad school)
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Yes, when you 'walk' you often get the actual diploma later. In High School, the commencement ceremonies were held the weekend before Regents Week and a Regents diploma was necessary to be graduated from our school. This did put a damper on Graduation parties but it made sense because, at that time, you could legally drink alcohol at the age of 18.
When I received my MLS, we were told that we would that we would be sent our diplomas by X date.
X date came and went for several weeks with no diploma. I called the school about this and was told that the diplomas had been sent out. Surprise, surprise! My diploma arrived three days later.
Ceallach:
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--- Quote from: wyliefool on June 13, 2012, 08:36:42 AM ---I find it bizarre that big schools would call individual names and have people walk across the stage. My HS didn't do it (725 grads) and my university didn't do it (no idea how many, it was NYU). It must take forever.
The only other grad I've been to was my brother's law school grad, where people clapped for each person but there was no screaming.
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What do they do instead? Do the graduates sit in the audience and listen to a speech etc, and get their scrolls sent to them outside of the ceremony?
Most large institutions I have been at will have multiple graduation ceremonies, as a PP described. For example, when I finally finish my BA later this year (10 years on, don't ask!) I will be at a ceremony with other arts students and possibly some business faculty students as well. The science faculty (which has thousands of students) has it's own graduation ceremony twice per year on different days. I also know high schools where they have a morning ceremony for the A-Ks and an afternoon ceremony for the L-Zs.
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That's what happened at my college graduation. Many schools also often hand out the diploma holder, but the actual diploma is sent later.
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Yep. Pretty much. There were a couple student speeches, a couple faculty speeches, and we got the diploma in the mail later.
It took long enuf for everyone to walk into the venue; nobody wanted to extend it any farther. ;)
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Some of the ceremonies I've been to there is no procession into the ceremony, the graduates actually start inside or are "offstage" somewhere. I do like the procession in though, it's nice. Plus so exciting when you spot "your person" in the processional. Which makes me think - clapping during the processional? I would definitely consider that a *huge* no-no and very rude! I guess to me the difference is a processional is a solemn entrance, so everybody should be quiet and respectful. However the "presenting" when they call out the individual name and the person walks onstage to receive their scroll is basically somebody receiving an award, so the audience applauds, same as the audience applauds when a speaker is announced etc. I'd find it very strange not to clap when a person is called onstage. But obviously that's not actually part of some of the ceremonies described here anyway.
So I guess overall we can say that all graduation ceremonies are different. The most important thing is to respect the rules and requests of the specific venue and ceremony that you are attending. (I'll cross my fingers for my own university graduation later this year now - I do hope that it's the style I prefer and involves clapping! I want my applause for the 10 years it took me to finish a 3 year degree!)
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