It was not the Dawson Stadium graduation that everyone wanted but that doesn’t diminish the accomplishments of SC State’s more than 400 May graduates.
A virtual commencement was produced and streamed on the university website on Sunday, May 31. It continues to play via the homepage at www.scsu.edu or click here for direct access.
Each graduate could provide a photograph, wearing a cap and gown or otherwise. And a short personal quote or phrase could be included. Here are screen captures from our 20 May 2020 communications graduates. Congratulations to all of you!
It is never too early or too late for SC State communications graduates to think about getting an advanced degree that can help advance their careers. Here is some news about May 2020 comm grads and older graduates too.
Tony Daquan Phillips (Class of 2020) and Jaelyn McCrae, also graduating May 2020, are both heading to the graduate communication program at Florida State University. We are sure these Bulldogs will look good also in FSU Seminoles colors!
Jaelyn McCrae, Class of 2020, worked very hard to get to the point where today she should be waiting for the big moment when she will cross the stage in Dawson Stadium (where she was a cheerleader for Bulldog football) to bask in the glory and satisfaction of receiving her South Carolina State University degree.
The communications major who hails from Concord, N.C., like hundreds of other SC State graduating seniors, will be denied this special moment due to the coronavirus crisis that has shut down the school since mid-March.
For an assignment in Professor Kat Landes' class, McCrae produced this thoughtful and emotional video about losing the graduation ceremony. Click on her image to view it.
The university is planning a virtual ceremony for May graduates. That, of course, will not be the same. Details are forthcoming on when and how the online graduation will be held.
Congratulations Jaelyn. Your future is bright with promise!
Our creative, multi-talented (the man can carry a tune!) Dr. Joshua Mims is featured in today's Orangeburg T&D. He is using video to create smiles and laughs amid the coronavirus crisis. Click here to see the article.
You can almost here a pin drop at SC State these days as the school along with much of the nation shuts down amid the COVID-19 worldwide pandemic.
As of March 30, only essential personnel can be on campus. Faculty and staff were told Sunday was the last day they could get things from their offices. The dorms have been emptied except for some international students unable to leave.
Students have not had classes on campus since midterm exams in early March. Spring Break followed for a week, was extended, then soon followed by school President James Clark’s announcement that classes would be taught remotely through the end of the semester.
May commencement has been canceled. It may be held in a June or July.
I took these photographs Sunday. No telling when the school will reopen. The rest of the spring semester will be taught via distant learning, as previously stated. Advising and registration for Fall 2020 is underway (see previous post).
Hopefully we will all be back on campus by late August when classes are scheduled to begin. Stay safe Bulldog Nation!
Communications Program Director Dr. Joshua Mims has this creative "heads up" that Fall 2020 advising is getting underway. Students- your advisors will soon be contacting you about this.
