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At graduations, Native American students seek acceptance of tribal regalia
By Cheyanne Mumphrey — May 22, 2023
(AP) — A bill vetoed earlier this month by Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt, a Republican, would have allowed public school students to wear tribal regalia to graduation.
Wilberforce University, AME Church school, cancels debt for 2020, 2021 grads
By Adelle M. Banks — June 1, 2021
(RNS) — The school said the amount of debt forgiveness for both classes totals more than $375,000 for the 166 new alumni.
‘Because she was immoral’: Christian school defends decision to deny pregnant teen graduation ‘walk’
By Adelle M. Banks — May 24, 2017
(RNS) Amid a torrent of criticism, the principal called the punishment an 'application of love.' Anti-abortion activists say the move shows a lack of love.
In protest, students walk out on Mike Pence’s Notre Dame commencement speech
By Laken Litman — May 21, 2017
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (USA Today) There were also peaceful protests outside Pence’s commencement speech on Saturday afternoon at Grove City College near Pittsburgh.
Trump promises to protect Christians at Liberty commencement speech
By Lauren Markoe — May 13, 2017
(RNS) "In America we don’t worship government, we worship God," the president told the graduates.
Trump to speak at Liberty University commencement
By Emily McFarlan Miller — March 22, 2017
(RNS) Trump 'is again showing that he has not forgotten evangelicals since he's been president,' said David Brody, breaking the news Wednesday morning on the Christian Broadcasting Network.
Notre Dame avoids Trump controversy as Pence to receive honorary degree
By David Gibson — March 2, 2017
(RNS) The decision to invite the vice president caps months of intense debate over the wisdom of bringing Trump to campus. But it raises other potential concerns.
Orthodox Jewish commencement speaker finds a Shabbat workaround
By Lauren Markoe — May 13, 2015
(RNS) A university found a way for an Orthodox Jewish student to speak at a Saturday commencement, despite the restrictions of Shabbat.
Supreme Court won’t wade into fight over graduations in churches
By Kimberly Winston — June 16, 2014
(RNS) In 2012, the Chicago-based 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the decision to hold a public high school graduation ceremony at a Wisconsin megachurch was “offensive” and “coercive.”
MIT ditches graduation prayer — and may soon gain a humanist chaplain
By Chris Stedman — June 3, 2014
MIT doctoral student Aaron Scheinberg explains why he worked to remove MIT's official graduation prayer, and why the experience convinced him to create a Humanist chaplaincy.
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