Graduation
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PublishedJune 7, 2023
Portland High School Class of 2023 revels in the moment at graduation
After a tenure defined and darkened by COVID-19, Portland High's graduates place joy, success and gratitude in the spotlight.
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PublishedMay 21, 2023
Hollywood executive booed during Boston University graduation
Scores of students turned their backs as the CEO of Warner Bros. Discovery gave the school’s commencement address while striking writers picketed outside.
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PublishedJune 12, 2022
Freeport graduates celebrate return to Merrill Auditorium
Freeport High School once again held its graduation ceremony at Merrill Auditorium in Portland Sunday morning after the pandemic forced the event outdoors the past two years.
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PublishedJune 9, 2022
‘Voice of the Shipbuilders’: Morse grad embarks on next phase
Football PA announcer Jonah Smith helped the school broadcast sports live while the pandemic kept fans out of arenas.
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PublishedMarch 31, 2022
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Isabel Wilkerson to speak at Colby College commencement
The college's commencement is scheduled for May 22 and other featured speakers that weekend include artist Jamie Wyeth and Dr. Nirav Shah, director of the Maine Center for Disease Control & Prevention.
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PublishedJanuary 24, 2022
Graduation rates dip across U.S., including in Maine, as pandemic stalls progress
Some fear that cumulative effects of the pandemic stand to hit future graduating classes the hardest.
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PublishedMay 13, 2021
Poet Richard Blanco to speak at Colby College’s 200th commencement
The graduation ceremony is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. Sunday, May 23, but the event is closed to the public because of the coronavirus pandemic.
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PublishedMay 7, 2021
Maine colleges go hybrid with mix of in-person and virtual graduation ceremonies this year
Graduations will look different for a second year in a row but campuses are finding ways to recognize students through smaller in-person events with COVID precautions.
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PublishedJune 8, 2020
Portland Schools plan August drive-in graduations at Ocean Gateway
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PublishedJune 7, 2020
David Botana: Casco Bay High School
He's a world-class equestrian with a deeply personal reason to become a biomedical engineer.
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