<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Hello everyone,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Our college made the decision in January to have a drive-thru commencement this spring (like we did last spring). It was a huge success and students liked being in their cars with their families and friends. Because we needed to decide early (we had a deadline to cancel our in-person venue) we opted for another drive-thru commencement this spring. We hope to go back to an in person commencement next spring (fingers crossed).</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Best,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Christina</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, May 24, 2022 at 9:42 AM Gilmore English, Jessica via wsssc <<a href="mailto:wsssc@lists.ctc.edu">wsssc@lists.ctc.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">





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<p class="MsoNormal"><span><span>We are resuming our in-person ceremony at ShoWare in Kent, and it will be live streamed. Are you planning to have an in-person commencement this year? If you
 are having an in-person ceremony, are you getting pushback from faculty and/or staff? We’ve had minimal pushback and are navigating it as it comes, though we’re also paying close attention to increasing COVID cases. I’m curious as to what you all are doing.<u></u><u></u></span></span></p>
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<b>Vice President of Student Services</b><br>
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