Tonight, WIU held its graduate commencement exercises. I believe we had about eight of our MA students walk across the stage to receive their hoods. At our commencement ceremonies (both grad and undergrad), graduates are seated by major subject area. This is the first place where I have been (as student or faculty) that does this, and I like it. Maybe I just noticed that I like it more because this group of grad students was such a close-knit bunch and such a pleasure to work with. I haven't had that much fun at a commencement ceremony in a long time. Lots of pictures. Lots of handshakes with family members of the grads. Lots of excited talk about jobs and Ph.D. programs.
This is why we do it.
It's just a shame that the ceremony was indoors because the weather was perfect.
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