迪克西·里德

2021年3月18日

McKenna Pederson’s family rented a limousine for “CARmencement,” the most unusual graduation event in 萨克拉门托 State’s 74-year history.

“I will have my mom, grandma, and a group of my closest friends in the limo with me,” said Pederson, who graduated magna cum laude in December 2020 with a degree in Public Health, focusing on Health Care 政府.

COVID-19的安全限制和担忧使博彩平台无法在2020年和2021年在黄金1号中心举行传统的现场毕业典礼，甚至无法在黄蜂体育场的户外举行。

Instead, the University has invited ’20 and ’21 graduates to participate in a celebratory vehicle parade through campus between 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday and Saturday, May 21-22.

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“I promised that we would meet at Golden 1 Center, and we cannot,” said University President Robert S. Nelsen. “All of us want to be together, and we had hoped the pandemic would be gone by now, but it isn’t, so we had to pivot.

“It’s important that we celebrate with our students and their families, and I promise this will be fun.”

佩德森说，她一直期待着走过金色中心舞台，但她对没有这样的机会感到沮丧。

“I’ve always looked forward to it, getting to turn the tassel and to finally say, ‘I did it.’ ”

She said, however, that she is “grateful that we get to do the CARmencement.”

在为期两天的毕业典礼上，预计将有约3500名毕业生参加。 On their chosen day, they will show up with their Grad Pass ticket, 囊状态 OneCard, and their “COVID-bubble buddies,” and take a ride.

毕业生们被鼓励戴上他们的学位帽和学位服，并装饰他们的车辆。 该活动将进行直播。

 

来自ASI主席的信息

毕业活动将从校园的南端开始，车辆沿着固定的路线经过萨克州立警察局，在大黄蜂书店和欧内斯特·e·Tschannen科学大楼后面转一圈，然后向西转向辛克莱大道。

在莫拉加大道，游行队伍分成两队，将毕业生送到两个识别区，然后再离开校园。

在这些区域，每个毕业生都将得到单独的认可，并获得一个大黄蜂毕业生工具包，其中包括两个官方毕业典礼和大学的纪念物品。

组织者预计，每辆车大约需要一个小时才能完成这条路线。

Along the way, graduates will be treated to live music and several surprises, including Commencement speeches and videos, and a crowd of faculty, staff, and University administrators celebrating them from socially distanced “cheer dots” along the way.

“I am excited about CARmencement,” said Noah Marty, 2020-21 president of Associated Students 公司。 (ASI) and a Political Science major.

“As a graduating senior, I completely sympathize with how difficult this has been for my fellow graduates. This isn’t how any of us imagined our graduation ceremony to be, but the University undertaking a completely new challenge to give our class a graduation experience is incredibly commendable.”

2020年6月，Sac州立举办了一场虚拟毕业庆典，以表彰2020届毕业生的成就。 在2021年5月，这些毕业生可以参加在金中心举行的为期四天的现场仪式之前，这是一个占位符。

然而，由于今年春天COVID-19限制仍然存在，该大学被迫考虑替代方案。 它向所有在2019年秋季至2021年夏季完成学位的毕业生退还48.50美元，这是毕业费中用于毕业典礼的部分。

校园官员随后构思了“毕业典礼”，并在毕业生中培养了兴趣； 很快，校园里所有可用的帽子和长袍都卖光了，不得不重新订购。  

除了CARmencement，还有一个虚拟的庆祝活动，为每个参与者提供个性化的幻灯片，上面有他们的照片和信息。 这些幻灯片将在Virtual Celebration的网页、CARmencement的直播和社交媒体上显示。

"This isn’t how any of us imagined our graduation ceremony to be, but the University undertaking a completely new challenge to give our class a graduation experience is incredibly commendable.” - Noah Marty, ASI President

无法参加或对毕业典礼或虚拟庆典不感兴趣的毕业生可以注册大黄蜂毕业生工具包，该工具包将交付给他们。

组织者表示，毕业典礼将是一场生动而难忘的活动，在活动期间，预计每小时将有250多辆车通过校园路线。

“This isn’t how any of us imagined our graduation ceremony to be,” Marty said. “But as we have adjusted to the reality we’re facing, I have seen many of our students getting excited about this alternative.”

“I am thankful that 囊状态 decided to offer CARmencement to give us some sort of in-person interaction with the campus, in as safe a way as possible.”