05/12/2026
A policy change regarding which commencement ceremony secondary education majors must participate in has been reversed.
Secondary education majors will now be able to choose between walking with the College of Arts and Sciences May 13 at 9 a.m. or the School of Education and Human Development May 13 at 12 p.m.
The students had previously been assigned to the SEHD ceremony.
Peter Norberg, Ph.D., senior associate provost for academic and faculty support, confirmed all students have been given the option to choose which ceremony they want to attend.
“The institution is committed to giving students the best experience possible,” Norberg said.
Norberg credited the change to one secondary education major, who he said advocated for herself when she learned last week during an offhand conversation with a CAS faculty member that secondary education majors would not be able to participate in the CAS ceremony. The student declined to speak on the record to The Hawk.
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📝 Luke Sanelli ’26
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