CHICAGO (AP) — Dozens of students protesting the war in Gaza walked out of the University of Chicago’s commencement Saturday as the school withheld the diplomas of four seniors over their involvement with a pro-Palestinian encampment. The disruption to the rainy two-hour outdoor ceremony was brief, with shouts, boos and calls to “Stop Genocide.” A […]
CHICAGO — The University of Chicago is facing criticism for its disciplinary response to the campus protests against the war in Gaza. It is commencement weekend and at least four graduating students said their degress are being withheld pending the university’s disciplinary process. At a press conference Friday, one of those graduating seniors threw his robe […]
Recently I had the pleasure of handing diplomas to graduates. I did nothing to help these individuals reach this milestone. I was standing on a stage facing the students, who had surmounted myriad odds to achieve their place on the steps to the stage. I was facing all the people to the left and right, sitting […]
BEDFORD — Lawrence County is leading the state in the number of residents who have obtained a high school equivalency. Joe Timbrook, director of career development for Lawrence County Economic Growth Council shared that fact and more with the county commissioners at their Tuesday meeting. In the past five years, Timbrook said the economic growth […]
DETROIT — A new Michigan law aims to ensure that foster youth in the state receive an education that builds toward a high school diploma. The law, signed Thursday by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, comes nearly two years after NBC News exposed an educational crisis that had forced vulnerable teens to repeat classes they took while […]
More than 2,700 graduates of the University of Texas at El Paso will have something extra to celebrate with family and friends this holiday season. UTEP celebrated four in-person commencement ceremonies over the weekend at the Don Haskins Center. The fall graduation class included 2,736 candidates. The ceremonies recognized summer and fall 2023 graduates. More […]