Before campus residences shut down last week because of the coronavirus pandemic, some remaining Drew University students staged a mock graduation, replacing handshakes with elbow bumps.
They still may get a chance to take their march for real, though not as regularly scheduled on May 9, 2020.
Graduating students at the school in Madison have voted for a deferred commencement ceremony; university officials are hoping for late summer.
“We hope that this decision, based on student input, addresses the desires of our graduating students and relieves one particular important concern over the end of their time at Drew, especially in this difficult climate of uncertainty,” Drew President MaryAnn Baenninger said on the university’s website.
A survey asked students whether they preferred a virtual- or deferred commencement. Some 89 percent chose the on-campus experience.
Members of the Class of 2020 still were get their degrees in May.
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