/tags/graduation graduation en-US Copyright Fri, 10 May 2024 19:07:22 GMT /news/2024-05-10/2024-ohio-state-commencement-speaker-chris-pan-was-not-recommended-by-advisory-committee This year, the Ohio State Commencement Speaker Advisory Committee recommended names including Michelle Obama, Michael Phelps and Lebron James. Pan was last recommended in 2019. Fri, 10 May 2024 19:07:22 GMT /news/2024-05-10/2024-ohio-state-commencement-speaker-chris-pan-was-not-recommended-by-advisory-committee George Shillcock /news/2024-05-06/ohio-state-commencement-speaker-revealed-on-linkedin-he-took-hallucinogen-to-write-speech Ohio State alum and Spring 2024 commencement speaker Chris Pan revealed he took Ayahuasca, a hallucinogen, to write the speech. Mon, 06 May 2024 21:03:59 GMT /news/2024-05-06/ohio-state-commencement-speaker-revealed-on-linkedin-he-took-hallucinogen-to-write-speech George Shillcock /news-partners/2020-12-08/with-fall-graduation-off-but-football-still-on-students-question-college-priorities Many colleges have canceled December graduation ceremonies while continuing to host in-person events, like football games. One graduating senior says it feels like "a slap in the face." Tue, 08 Dec 2020 10:00:29 GMT /news-partners/2020-12-08/with-fall-graduation-off-but-football-still-on-students-question-college-priorities Adedayo Akala /news/2020-05-20/columbus-city-schools-will-hold-virtual-graduation-ceremonies-in-june Columbus City Schools has announced plans for virtual graduation ceremonies this year amid the coronavirus pandemic.Multiple virtual graduation ceremonies… Wed, 20 May 2020 14:27:44 GMT /news/2020-05-20/columbus-city-schools-will-hold-virtual-graduation-ceremonies-in-june Debbie Holmes /wvxu-stories/2020-04-30/heres-how-ohios-largest-high-school-plans-to-hold-graduation Schools across the country are figuring out how to recognize graduating seniors who are missing out on the usual pomp and circumstance of their final... Fri, 01 May 2020 00:57:26 GMT /wvxu-stories/2020-04-30/heres-how-ohios-largest-high-school-plans-to-hold-graduation Tana Weingartner /news/2019-06-25/could-ohio-finally-pass-new-high-school-graduation-requirements The Ohio Senate passed a budget last week that includes a set of high school graduation requirements, which could settle an issue that the state has been… Tue, 25 Jun 2019 14:38:07 GMT /news/2019-06-25/could-ohio-finally-pass-new-high-school-graduation-requirements Karen Kasler /news/2018-09-04/ohio-education-panel-still-crafting-long-term-fix-on-graduation-standards With most Ohio students back in school, officials and lawmakers are hoping to prevent a possible crisis like the one that had them scrambling to find… Tue, 04 Sep 2018 11:39:24 GMT /news/2018-09-04/ohio-education-panel-still-crafting-long-term-fix-on-graduation-standards Karen Kasler /ideastream/2018-07-03/thousands-of-ohio-seniors-unsure-of-graduation-status More than 140,000 Ohio students are preparing to enter their senior year of high school, but for thousands of them, the year won’t end with a walk across a stage in a cap and gown. That is unless lawmakers move the graduation goal post once again. It’s a lingering question that’s creating uncertainty for rising seniors in the state’s high schools. Ja’Mya and Kenmore-Garfield’s Class of 2019 Sixteen-year-old Ja’Mya Goley is about a month away from starting her senior year at Kenmore-Garfield High School in Akron. Tue, 03 Jul 2018 12:00:00 GMT /ideastream/2018-07-03/thousands-of-ohio-seniors-unsure-of-graduation-status Ashton Marra /ideastream/2018-05-23/kasich-talks-virtue-in-harvard-graduation-address A crowd of graduates and their families at Harvard University welcomed Gov. John Kasich to Cambridge with loud applause after, during his introduction, it was noted that the former Republican presidential candidate did not vote for Pres. Donald Trump. Kasich didn’t offer words of advice during his commencement address at the Kennedy School of Government Wednesday, but instead told graduates not to count on people like him to make change. Wed, 23 May 2018 19:49:21 GMT /ideastream/2018-05-23/kasich-talks-virtue-in-harvard-graduation-address /news/2017-10-20/ohio-graduation-crisis-likely-avoided-by-change-to-state-law More than three-quarters of Ohio high school seniors are on track to graduate in May, with another 19 percent “highly likely” to meet requirements to… Fri, 20 Oct 2017 11:42:44 GMT /news/2017-10-20/ohio-graduation-crisis-likely-avoided-by-change-to-state-law Ashton Marra