commencement

WASHINGTON (AP) — The “Black Panther” is returning to his alma mater to give the commencement address at Howard University. The university announced Wednesday that Chadwick Boseman will give the keynote address at Howard’s 150th commencement ceremony on May 12. News outlets report Boseman will be presented with an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters, the […]

Charges have been dropped against three people who cheered when they were instructed not to at a recent high school graduation in Mississippi. Senatobia Municipal School District Superintendent Jay Foster told the audience at last month’s graduation at Senatobia High School to hold their applause until the end. But four people ignored the rule when their […]

HAMDEN, Conn. (AP) — A 22-year-old woman called in bomb threats to a Quinnipiac University’s commencement in Connecticut in a bid keep her family from learning that she wasn’t graduating despite taking money for her education from her mother, according to police. Danielle Shea of Quincy, Massachusetts, was wearing a cap and gown she’d purchased […]

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Toss your cap. Turn your tassel. Just don’t snap that selfie. Graduates at the University of South Florida and Bryant University in Smithfield, R.I., have been asked to refrain from taking self-portraits with their cell phones as they collect their diplomas. The seemingly simple directive is standing out for placing the […]