New College of Florida students attend ‘alternative commencement’
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SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) — Hundreds of New College of Florida students, family members and friends gathered at an off-campus art gallery Thursday evening for an “alternative commencement”...
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New College of Florida graduates to hold alternative commencement ceremony
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New College of Florida students attend ‘alternative commencement’
Graduates at the New College of Florida will hold an alternative commencement ceremony Thursday evening in protest of Gov. Ron DeSantis’ conservative takeover of the college.
Students graduating from New College of Florida, angry at their school's takeover by appointees of Gov. Ron DeSantis, have organized their own alternative commencement ceremony.
“The new administration that has spent the past four months attacking our students and community cannot, in good faith, celebrate our graduating students and their accomplishments”
SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) — Hundreds of New College of Florida students, family members and friends gathered at an off-campus art gallery Thursday evening for an “alternative commencement”...
By Nicquel Terry Ellis (CNN) — Graduates at the New College of Florida held an alternative commencement ceremony Thursday evening in protest of Gov. Ron DeSantis’ conservative takeover of the college earlier this year.
Students have raised over $129K to hold a separate ceremony after Dr. Scott Atlas, a former Trump Covid adviser, was tapped to deliver the school’s official commencement address.
Many of this year’s graduates from New College of Florida walked in their own commencement ceremony Thursday night in protest of the state’s drastic changes to their school.
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